ragtag
ragtag adjective: unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
Adjective
ragtag (comparative more ragtag, superlative most ragtag)
- Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
- He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
- Synonyms:
- bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered
- Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
- The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.
Noun
ragtag (plural ragtags)
ragtag meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
ragtag in Hindi
- ragtag, bobtail
- चटिया-मटिया caṭiyā-maṭiyā
ragtag in Tamil
- கும்பு
ragtag in Urdu
- غیرمنظم, الٹا پلٹا
Synonyms of ragtag
Forms of ragtag
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ragtag |
| superlative | most ragtag |
| alternative form | rag-tag |
| Noun | |
| plural | ragtags |
Origin of ragtag
From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.
Questions about ragtag
- What does ragtag mean?
- Ragtag means unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
- What is ragtag in Hindi?
- Ragtag in Hindi is चटिया-मटिया (caṭiyā-maṭiyā). See Ragtag meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ragtag?
- Ragtag can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near ragtag in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ragtag (page history and authors); चटिया-मटिया (Hindi) (page history and authors); ragtag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ragtag (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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