RAGGED

adj. 1 rough, shaggy, shabby, seedy, tattered, unkempt, scraggy, torn, rent, ripped, frayed, worn (out), threadbare, patched, patchy, ravelled, Chiefly Brit tatty, Brit down at heel, US down at the heel(s), Colloq US frazzled, beat-up On weekends, Charles put on his most ragged clothes to work in the garden 2 rough, uneven, irregular, nicked, jagged; serrated, sawtooth(ed), zigzag, notched, toothed, denticulate(d), ridged Every morning on his way to work, his first sight of the factory was the ragged edge of its roof 3 worn out, tired, exhausted, on one's last legs, the worse for wear, dead tired, overtired, fatigued, weary, fagged out, spent, Colloq all in, dog-tired, Slang dead (on one's feet), (dead) beat, Brit knackered, US and Canadian pooped (out) The emergency crew was run ragged by thirty hours on duty without rest 4 bad, rough, patchy, imperfect, shabby, messy, disordered, disorderly, run-down, battered, broken-down, neglected, deteriorated, dilapidated, Colloq beat-up From its ragged condition, it's clear that the building isn't properly maintained 5 rough, harsh, discordant, grating, rasping, hoarse, scratchy, croaking His voice, once a beautiful lyric tenor, was ragged after years of alcoholism 6 uneven, bad, poor, shabby, patchy The guests gave a ragged rendition of 'Happy Birthday' as their host entered the room