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What is the adjective for rag?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb rag which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

ragged
  1. In tatters, having the texture broken.
  2. Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
  3. Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
  4. Wearing tattered clothes.
  5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  6. Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
  7. (music) performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
  8. (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. tattered, threadbare, frayed, tatty, ratty, seedy, worn, decrepit, torn, battered, tacky, neglected, ripped, old, holey, faded, shredded, patched, frazzled, rent, grungy, scruffy, timeworn, moth-eaten, worn out, worn-out, in tatters, well worn, worse for wear, in holes, worn to shreds, falling to pieces, having seen better days, full of holes, the worse for wear, down at heel, badly worn, down at the heel, beat-up, dog-eared, run-down, shabby, raggedy, tatterdemalion, dilapidated, mangy, tumbledown, shoddy, mean, dumpy … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “The shouts of an old woman dressed in ragged clothes surprised us.”
      “Beside me in the line were ragged mothers with their children in their arms, and at their feet, old infirm men, and young men who are in destitute circumstances.”
      “A single very small spherical shell is characterized by a lumpy to ragged surface and numerous short spines.”
raggy
  1. raglike; like a rag.
  2. scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
  3. Similar in style to ragtime music.
  4. Examples:
      5. “I was one of the ugly sisters and another teacher became a raggy Cinderella.”
      “Remember, this was not any old raggy bit of bull, it was a genuine 400 gram T-bone.”
      “This girl in raggy jeans and a seat shirt does not look like any of the other ones!”
raglike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rag (scrap of material).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of ragtime music.
raggedy
  1. (of clothing) Torn, ragged or tattered.
  2. (of a person) Wearing torn or tattered clothes.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. shabby, scruffy, mangy, tatterdemalion, scrubby, seedy, grungy, mean, squalid, ratty, dumpy, tacky, tumbledown, dilapidated, miserable, neglected, rundown, shoddy, bedraggled, filthy, scuzzy, sorry, grubby, grotty, rough, yucky, ragtag, sleazy, unkempt, scroungy, run-down, run down, worse for wear, tattered, ragged, tatty, threadbare, worn, moth-eaten, timeworn, frayed, beat-up, worn-out, down-at-the-heels, down-at-heel, bombed-out, torn, down at heel, gone to seed, holey … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The old house was littered with trash, and the kids wore raggedy clothes and went barefoot.”
      “Charlotte blinked at the sight of the raggedy child speaking to her.”
      “His clothes were unkempt and raggedy, and his belly protruded very visibly.”
raggie
  1. (obsolete) ragged; rough
raggedier
  1. comparative form of raggedy: more raggedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shabbier, scruffier, mangier, scrubbier, seedier, grungier, meaner, squalider, rattier, dumpier, tackier, miserabler, shoddier, filthier, scuzzier, sorrier, grubbier, grottier, rougher, yuckier, sleazier, scroungier, more tatterdemalion, more tumbledown, more dilapidated, more neglected, more bedraggled, more ragtag, more unkempt, more ragged, more threadbare, tattier, more worn, more frayed, more moth-eaten, holier, more worn out, older, more timeworn, more decrepit, more beat-up, more bombed-out, more faded, more dog-eared, more beat up, more battered, more damaged, more sere, messier, more used … more
raggediest
  1. superlative form of raggedy: most raggedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shabbiest, scruffiest, mangiest, scrubbiest, seediest, grungiest, meanest, squalidest, rattiest, dumpiest, tackiest, miserablest, shoddiest, filthiest, scuzziest, sorriest, grubbiest, grottiest, roughest, yuckiest, sleaziest, scroungiest, most tatterdemalion, most tumbledown, most dilapidated, most neglected, most bedraggled, most ragtag, most unkempt, most ragged, most threadbare, tattiest, most worn, most frayed, most moth-eaten, most worn-out, holiest, most worn out, oldest, most timeworn, most decrepit, most beat-up, most bombed-out, most faded, most dog-eared, most beat up, most battered, most damaged, most sere, messiest … more
raggeder
  1. comparative form of ragged: more ragged
  2. Examples:
      3. “The ragged rascals wanted to roll in the red dust to render themselves raggeder and raggeder and raggeder.”
      “And there were also nine hundred beggars there, every one of them raggeder than the other, but Donald was raggeder than all of them together.”
      “As time went by he grew filthier and filthier, raggeder and raggeder, and holier and holier.”
raggedest
  1. superlative form of ragged: most ragged
raggier
  1. comparative form of raggy: more raggy
raggiest
  1. superlative form of raggy: most raggy
ragging
  1. present participle of rag
  2. Synonyms:
      3. teasing, mocking, ribbing, taunting, ridiculing, chaffing, kidding, deriding, joshing, satirising, satirizing, razzing, needling, twitting, bantering, rallying, jiving, joking, quizzing, guying, chiacking, baiting, goading, annoying, funning, harassing, shucking, smoking, rotting, sledging, frazzling, laughing at, jeering at, scoffing at, making fun of, poking fun at, winding up, jibing at, sending up, ragging on, goofing on, making jokes about, poking mullock at, making sport of, slinging off at, taking the mickey, putting on, making a monkey of, picking on, having on … more
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