rag - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

Synonyms

• rag

More generic

• practical joke

Noun

a small piece of cloth or paper

Synonyms

• rag
• shred
• tag
• tag end
• tatter

More generic

• piece of cloth
• piece of material

More specific

• pine-tar rag

Noun

newspaper with half-size pages

Synonyms

• rag
• sheet
• tabloid

More generic

• newspaper
• paper

Noun

music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

Synonyms

• rag
• ragtime

More generic

• dance music

Noun

a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

Synonyms

• rag
• rag week

More generic

• hebdomad
• week

Related

• rag day

Verb

break into lumps before sorting

Synonyms

• rag

More generic

• break up
• fragment
• fragmentise
• fragmentize

Verb

censure severely or angrily

Synonyms

• bawl out
• berate
• call down
• call on the carpet
• chew out
• chew up
• chide
• dress down
• have words
• jaw
• lambast
• lambaste
• lecture
• rag
• rebuke
• remonstrate
• reprimand
• scold
• take to task
• trounce

More generic

• criticise
• criticize
• knock
• pick apart

More specific

• brush down
• castigate
• chasten
• chastise
• correct
• objurgate
• tell off

Verb

harass with persistent criticism or carping

Synonyms

• bait
• cod
• rag
• rally
• razz
• ride
• tantalise
• tantalize
• taunt
• tease
• twit

More generic

• bemock
• mock

More specific

• banter
• barrack
• chaff
• flout
• gibe
• jeer
• jolly
• josh
• kid
• scoff

Verb

play in ragtime

Synonyms

• rag

More generic

• play
• spiel

Verb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Synonyms

• annoy
• bother
• chafe
• devil
• get at
• get to
• gravel
• irritate
• nark
• nettle
• rag
• rile
• vex

More generic

• displease

More specific

• antagonise
• antagonize
• beset
• chevvy
• chevy
• chivvy
• chivy
• eat into
• fret
• get
• get under one's skin
• grate
• harass
• harry
• hassle
• molest
• peeve
• plague
• provoke
• rankle
• ruffle

Related

• chafe

Verb

treat cruelly

Synonyms

• bedevil
• crucify
• dun
• frustrate
• rag
• torment

More generic

• beset
• chevvy
• chevy
• chivvy
• chivy
• harass
• harry
• hassle
• molest
• plague
• provoke

More specific

• badger
• beleaguer
• bug
• hamstring
• madden
• oppress
• persecute
• pester
• tease

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