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单词 raggedy
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Definition of raggedy in English:

raggedy

adjective ˈraɡɪdiˈræɡədi
North American informal
  • Scruffy; shabby.

    an old raggedy woman with her uncombed cat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Please don't keep your toenails raggedy when clippers, emery boards and pumice stones are readily available.
    • You can look up and down this street and see how raggedy it is.
    • She still slept with the worn teddy bear and the very raggedy blanket but only Karina knew this.
    • The boy pulled something from a raggedy pocket.
    • His clothes were unkempt and raggedy, and his belly protruded very visibly.
    • He cuts his hair raggedy, dyes it black, doesn't wash it.
    • The old man, twisting the end of his long, raggedy beard, contemplates his order, and then takes out his change.
    • The last of its tumble-down outlying villages, with its cheering raggedy children, was left behind many hours ago.
    • The den contains a raggedy rug and two sketches Ty did himself of a beaver and a rooster.
    • Instead of people with unkempt hair and raggedy clothes, there were well-dressed servants and slaves, and an occasional noble riding by.
    • The lights dimmed and a raggedy band assembled onstage.
    • In the distant, lying on the summer grass is a body with a worn-out and raggedy cloak.
    • These Agents were dressed in raggedy, torn clothes.
    • When the actors reemerge, long shreds of colorful fabrics hang heavy from raggedy costumes, as if a silly-string battle had broken out in the greenroom.
    • There was another raggedy girl cleaning up tables behind me, and she was singing too.
    • She held a doll in her hand, a grubby raggedy thing.
    • At the rear, there's a raggedy patch of garden, partly covered in grapevines.
    • He shut the door quickly, and turned to find a thin, raggedy cat licking the snow from its mangy coat in the middle of his kitchen floor.
    • The coast dipped and curved as we stroked north toward Punta Concepción, past small coves, raggedy desert peaks, and a few dilapidated fishing shacks.
    • It was a plain, raggedy old bag, but it was cheap and did its job.
    Synonyms
    shabby, well worn, worn, worn to shreds, threadbare, tattered, in tatters, in ribbons, in rags, in holes, holey, falling to pieces, falling apart at the seams, ragged, frayed, patched, moth-eaten, faded, seedy, shoddy, sorry, scruffy, dilapidated, crumbling, broken-down, run down, tumbledown, decrepit, deteriorated, on its last legs, having seen better days, time-worn
 
 

Definition of raggedy in US English:

raggedy

adjectiveˈraɡədēˈræɡədi
North American informal
  • Scruffy; shabby.

    an old raggedy woman with her uncombed cat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His clothes were unkempt and raggedy, and his belly protruded very visibly.
    • There was another raggedy girl cleaning up tables behind me, and she was singing too.
    • She held a doll in her hand, a grubby raggedy thing.
    • He shut the door quickly, and turned to find a thin, raggedy cat licking the snow from its mangy coat in the middle of his kitchen floor.
    • The boy pulled something from a raggedy pocket.
    • The coast dipped and curved as we stroked north toward Punta Concepción, past small coves, raggedy desert peaks, and a few dilapidated fishing shacks.
    • You can look up and down this street and see how raggedy it is.
    • Instead of people with unkempt hair and raggedy clothes, there were well-dressed servants and slaves, and an occasional noble riding by.
    • He cuts his hair raggedy, dyes it black, doesn't wash it.
    • In the distant, lying on the summer grass is a body with a worn-out and raggedy cloak.
    • She still slept with the worn teddy bear and the very raggedy blanket but only Karina knew this.
    • At the rear, there's a raggedy patch of garden, partly covered in grapevines.
    • The den contains a raggedy rug and two sketches Ty did himself of a beaver and a rooster.
    • The last of its tumble-down outlying villages, with its cheering raggedy children, was left behind many hours ago.
    • Please don't keep your toenails raggedy when clippers, emery boards and pumice stones are readily available.
    • It was a plain, raggedy old bag, but it was cheap and did its job.
    • The old man, twisting the end of his long, raggedy beard, contemplates his order, and then takes out his change.
    • These Agents were dressed in raggedy, torn clothes.
    • The lights dimmed and a raggedy band assembled onstage.
    • When the actors reemerge, long shreds of colorful fabrics hang heavy from raggedy costumes, as if a silly-string battle had broken out in the greenroom.
    Synonyms
    shabby, well worn, worn, worn to shreds, threadbare, tattered, in tatters, in ribbons, in rags, in holes, holey, falling to pieces, falling apart at the seams, ragged, frayed, patched, moth-eaten, faded, seedy, shoddy, sorry, scruffy, dilapidated, crumbling, broken-down, run down, tumbledown, decrepit, deteriorated, on its last legs, having seen better days, time-worn
 
 
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