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Synonyms for rag
rægrag
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Princeton's WordNet
rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatternoun
a small piece of cloth or paper
Synonyms:
smidgen, tag end, sheet, iota, smidge, whit, smidgeon, ticket, tatter, ragtime, shred, tabloid, tittle, tag, smidgin, scintilla, rag weekrag, rag weeknoun
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Synonyms:
ragtime, rag week, tag, tatter, tabloid, shred, sheet, tag endragtime, ragnoun
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Synonyms:
ragtime, rag week, tag, tatter, tabloid, shred, sheet, tag endtabloid, rag, sheetnoun
newspaper with half-size pages
Synonyms:
plane, shroud, bed sheet, tag end, weather sheet, canvas, canvass, sheet, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, tatter, ragtime, shred, yellow journalism, tabloid, tab, mainsheet, tag, piece of paper, rag weekragverb
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
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ragtime, rag week, tag, tatter, tabloid, shred, sheet, tag endtorment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrateverb
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chide, confound, befuddle, cross, lambast, foil, fox, savage, nark, tease, frustrate, bedevil, spoil, take to task, bother, blast, rile, rack, gravel, excruciate, trounce, bilk, rally, dun, get to, berate, thwart, torment, torture, crucify, chew out, pillory, baffle, nettle, throw, scotch, chafe, ride, get at, subdue, lecture, irritate, have words, reproof, razz, call down, tantalise, mortify, annoy, tantalize, reprimand, cod, scold, taunt, rebuke, jaw, discombobulate, vex, lambaste, chew up, dress down, confuse, call on the carpet, remonstrate, bait, twit, devil, fuddleannoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
Synonyms:
nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplusragverb
play in ragtime
"rag that old tune"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chide, lambast, nark, tease, frustrate, bedevil, take to task, bother, reproof, gravel, rile, trounce, rally, dun, get to, berate, torment, chew out, crucify, have words, nettle, chafe, ride, get at, dress down, irritate, bait, razz, call down, tantalise, annoy, tantalize, reprimand, cod, scold, taunt, rebuke, jaw, vex, lambaste, chew up, call on the carpet, remonstrate, lecture, twit, deviltease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, rideverb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Synonyms:
sit, depend on, get at, reproof, mobilise, chide, bait, rile, dun, cod, razz, crucify, bedevil, reprimand, lambaste, mobilize, devil, drive, badger, get to, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat up, gull, trounce, tease, taunt, fool, berate, chew up, rebound, lecture, drum up, nark, depend upon, card, torment, ride, tease apart, dress down, irritate, tantalize, rally, befool, turn on, come up, remonstrate, hinge on, mount, pester, call up, take in, jaw, rebuke, nettle, fluff, vex, beleaguer, lambast, dupe, put on, bother, gravel, take to task, muster up, devolve on, summon, bawl out, slang, muster, call on the carpet, twit, put one across, loosen, have words, put one over, chafe, scold, call down, hinge upon, bugcall on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Synonyms:
manducate, get at, reproof, censure, chide, bait, rile, lash, dun, cod, razz, chit-chat, crucify, grouch, bedevil, reprimand, lambaste, devil, gossip, get to, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, criminate, chew out, yap away, beat, arouse, cane, trounce, tease, taunt, bring up, slash, berate, lecture, raise, conjure, nark, natter, grumble, crush, confab, rattle on, torment, ride, chew up, irritate, tantalize, underdress, strap, chew, rally, claver, flog, remonstrate, chat, vanquish, yack, chitchat, whip, confabulate, call forth, jaw, talk, rebuke, invoke, nettle, vex, call down, evoke, lambast, yack away, bother, gravel, shoot the breeze, stir, take to task, chaffer, welt, lather, bawl out, point out, dress down, visit, call on the carpet, twit, masticate, chatter, beat out, have words, chew the fat, chafe, scold, shell, conjure up, put forwardragverb
break into lumps before sorting
"rag ore"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chide, lambast, nark, tease, frustrate, bedevil, take to task, bother, reproof, gravel, rile, trounce, rally, dun, get to, berate, torment, chew out, crucify, have words, nettle, chafe, ride, get at, dress down, irritate, bait, razz, call down, tantalise, annoy, tantalize, reprimand, cod, scold, taunt, rebuke, jaw, vex, lambaste, chew up, call on the carpet, remonstrate, lecture, twit, devil
Editors Contribution
ra's al ghul
the head of the demon in arrow
the most dangerous killer ! trained to kill without mercy !
Submitted by deogracious.ajoga on May 1, 2022
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RAG
What does RAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#132 | make | |
#324 | access | |
#399 | visit | |
#414 | card | |
#737 | drive | |
#816 | talk | |
#962 | chat | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1853 | sheet | |
#2043 | bug | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2454 | tag | |
#2771 | ticket | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2968 | ride | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3222 | fox | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3616 | shell | |
#3714 | sit | |
#3829 | tab | |
#4010 | plane | |
#4316 | lecture | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4680 | rack | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5117 | devil | |
#5338 | torture | |
#5595 | strap | |
#5818 | canvas | |
#5985 | cod | |
#6280 | cloth | |
#6477 | blast | |
#6609 | rally | |
#7585 | fool | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#9152 | gossip | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#9747 | pose | |
#9767 | sail | |
#9792 | savage | |
#9936 | bother | |
#10194 | towel | |
#10284 | stir | |
#10816 | foil | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12583 | cane | |
#12745 | rub | |
#12767 | whip | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13704 | bait | |
#13997 | slash | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#14387 | jaw | |
#14785 | inconvenience | |
#15194 | tack | |
#15810 | rag | |
#16053 | invoke | |
#16122 | gull | |
#16228 | badger | |
#17024 | scotch | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17819 | chew | |
#18580 | slang | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#19524 | dun | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#21252 | gall | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#26241 | welt | |
#27038 | muster | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27464 | tabloid | |
#27707 | fray | |
#28499 | mobilize | |
#28868 | shred | |
#29210 | torment | |
#29505 | summon | |
#29528 | loosen | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#29725 | lash | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#30101 | whit | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#31722 | shroud | |
#31741 | esr | |
#34521 | aar | |
#34707 | iota | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#39532 | ragtime | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#42143 | censure | |
#42240 | nettle | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#43704 | conjure | |
#44368 | reprimand | |
#45992 | rebuke | |
#46000 | dupe | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#50234 | razz | |
#50593 | canvass | |
#53644 | taunt | |
#54523 | vex | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#57408 | grumble | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#58020 | lather | |
#58198 | kleenex | |
#59581 | confound | |
#60040 | mobilise | |
#62512 | twit | |
#62904 | flog | |
#69117 | scintilla | |
#73551 | scold | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#82001 | tittle | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#86505 | grouch | |
#90108 | pester | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#101001 | chitchat | |
#105484 | reproof | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#116298 | berate | |
#117562 | smidgen | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#122207 | natter | |
#122461 | confab | |
#126122 | chide | |
#127183 | rile | |
#130327 | pillory | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#148246 | tantalize | |
#154513 | yack | |
#172425 | smidge | |
#176771 | roil | |
#189313 | claver | |
#189431 | befuddle | |
#197145 | mainsheet | |
#216211 | bedevil | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#231498 | nark | |
#235554 | remonstrate | |
#258605 | tatter | |
#270504 | fuddle | |
#284627 | lambaste | |
#296996 | excoriate | |
#304391 | lambast | |
#307476 | criminate | |
#319135 | chaffer | |
#321242 | tantalise | |
#328394 | smidgeon |
How to use rag in a sentence?
They said 'F*** you, rag heads' and drove off. It was terrifying.
He just says, ‘ Come in, I ’ll give you another McDouble. ’ Well, you know, that’s not the point, i got a rag, no apology, no nothing.
If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat that candy ass.
I could feel his strength. I felt like a little rag doll underneath him.
Too often, the only signs of FEMA's much-hyped promise of PPE shipments — an allotment of gowns, gloves, masks and goggles based on staffing size of the provider — are scattershot delivery with varying amounts of rag-tag supplies.
Translations for rag
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- ممسحةArabic
- сепрәкBashkir
- hadry, otrhanec, hadrCzech
- Unfug treiben, Lumpen, Fetzen, LappenGerman
- κουρέλιGreek
- vestaĉoEsperanto
- trapo, jirónSpanish
- rääsyt, rääsyläinen, räsy, naljailla, rätti, ryysyt, ryysyläinenFinnish
- canard, guenille, torchon, haillon, ragtime, chiffon, rag, loqueFrench
- luideagScottish Gaelic
- ցնցոտիArmenian
- cencioItalian
- 襤褸, 布Japanese
- ჩვარიGeorgian
- 천, 넝마Korean
- klodde, lap, lompen, zeil, rag, zeildoek, lor, vodDutch
- szmata, ścierkaPolish
- farrapo, pasquim, trapoPortuguese
- оборванец, оборванка, лохмотья, тряпка, бранить, ветошь, лоскут, тряпьёRussian
- крпа, прње, prnje, krpaSerbo-Croatian
- cunjaSlovene
- paçavraTurkish
- 抹布Chinese
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