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1. Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
   "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
   - raggedy [N. Amer]
    
2. Worn out from stress or strain
   "run ragged"
   - raggedy [N. Amer]
    
3. Having an irregular outline
   "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
   - raggedy [N. Amer]

1. Treat cruelly
   "The children ragged the stuttering teacher"
   - torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
    
2. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rags me"
   - annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark [Brit], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil
    
3. Play in ragtime
   "rag that old tune"
    
4. Harass with persistent criticism or carping
   "The children ragged the new teacher"
   - tease, razz [N. Amer], cod, tantalize, tantalise [Brit], bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride [N. Amer]
    
5. Censure severely or angrily
   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
   - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
    
6. Break into lumps before sorting
   "rag ore"

See also: raggedly, raggedness, tired, uneven, worn

Type of: bemock, beset, break up, chevvy [non-standard], chevy, chivvy, chivy, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn, displease, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, harass, harry, hassle, knock, mock, molest, pick apart, plague, play, provoke, spiel

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