Definition of raggedness Raggedness

rag•ged•ness

We found 4 definitions of raggedness from 3 different sources.

What does raggedness mean?

Noun Plural: raggednesses
raggedness - shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
		manginess, seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
raggedness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
		roughness
		smoothness the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
		texture the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
		scaliness the property of being scaly
		nubbiness, tweediness, coarseness an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
		slub, burl, knot soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
		scratchiness, abrasiveness, harshness the quality of being sharply disagreeable
		graininess, granularity, coarseness the quality of lacking taste and refinement
		shagginess roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs
		bumpiness the texture of a surface that has many bumps