ragging
Giving someone grief
Ragging is persistent teasing or mockery, usually good-natured: The guys were ragging on him about his new haircut.
In British and South Asian English, ragging also refers to hazing rituals imposed on new students, sometimes involving humiliation or abuse: The university banned ragging after a student was hospitalized.
The word comes from rag, meaning to tease.
Causing severe distress
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- victimizingHarming or exploiting someone
ridiculing · humiliating · demeaning · insulting · shaming · degrading · deriding · teasing
First-year student
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- pledgingMaking a solemn promise
orientation · freshers · induction · tradition · seniors · juniors · newcomer · novice
Forcibly separating material
- frayingComing apart threadwise
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- rippingTearing with force
- tatteringRipping into rags
wearing · unraveling · distressing · fabric · edges · hem · seams · threadbare
tormenting
Causing severe distress
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
victimizing · ridiculing · humiliating · demeaning · insulting · shaming · degrading · deriding · teasing · jeering
freshman
First-year student
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
pledging · orientation · freshers · induction · tradition · seniors · juniors · newcomer · novice · neophyte
tearing
Forcibly separating material
tattering · wearing · unraveling · distressing · fabric · edges · hem · seams · threadbare
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
- application techniquesbrushing, rolling, spraying, dipping, sponging
- decorative finishesfaux finish, faux finishes, glazing, varnish, patina
- decorative paintingmural, murals, fresco, frescoes, trompe l'oeil
raggingpraising
Voicing admiration
complimenting · flattering · lauding · encouraging · affirming
raggingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
nurturing · embracing · befriending · mentoring · protecting
- ragging onPersistently teasing someone
rag, outrage, rags, ragged, enrage, enraged, outrageous, disparage, outraged