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Synonyms for rag
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Princeton's WordNet
rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter(noun)
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 week(noun)
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
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ragtime, rag week, tag, tatter, tabloid, shred, sheet, tag endragtime, rag(noun)
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Synonyms:
ragtime, rag week, tag, tatter, tabloid, shred, sheet, tag endtabloid, rag, sheet(noun)
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 weekrag(verb)
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, frustrate(verb)
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, devil(verb)
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, nonplusrag(verb)
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, ride(verb)
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, lambast(verb)
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 forwardrag(verb)
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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?
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.
They said 'F*** you, rag heads' and drove off. It was terrifying.
They killed him, they fed him lethal doses of alcohol and they killed him, and then they treated him like a rag doll, like road kill, they slapped him around, threw water on him, one kid punched him.
I could feel his strength. I felt like a little rag doll underneath him.
One of the mob’s arson techniques is to tie a petrol-soaked rag to the tail of a cat and set fire to it, as its tail burns, the cat flees in terror into the undergrowth in the woods, setting fire to everything in touches.
Translations for rag
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- ممسحةArabic
- сепрәкBashkir
- hadry, hadr, otrhanecCzech
- Unfug treiben, Fetzen, Lumpen, LappenGerman
- κουρέλιGreek
- vestaĉoEsperanto
- trapo, jirónSpanish
- rääsyt, rätti, ryysyt, ryysyläinen, naljailla, rääsyläinen, räsyFinnish
- loque, guenille, canard, torchon, haillon, ragtime, chiffon, ragFrench
- luideagScottish Gaelic
- ցնցոտիArmenian
- cencioItalian
- 布, 襤褸Japanese
- ჩვარიGeorgian
- 넝마, 천Korean
- lompen, vod, rag, klodde, lor, zeildoek, zeil, lapDutch
- szmata, ścierkaPolish
- trapo, pasquim, farrapoPortuguese
- бранить, ветошь, лоскут, тряпьё, тряпка, оборванец, лохмотья, оборванкаRussian
- krpa, прње, prnje, крпаSerbo-Croatian
- cunjaSlovene
- paçavraTurkish
- 抹布Chinese
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