Definition of Shagged

1. Adjective. Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags. "Shaggy rugs"

Exact synonyms: Shaggy
Similar to: Rough, Unsmooth
Derivative terms: Shag, Shagginess

Definition of Shagged

1. a. Shaggy; rough.

Definition of Shagged

1. Adjective. (rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap. ¹

4. Adjective. Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth. ¹

5. Adjective. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface. ¹

6. Adjective. Of hair: long; rough; shaggy. ¹

7. Verb. (past of shag) ¹

8. Adjective. (vulgar) Extremely tired ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shagged

1. shag [v] - See also: shag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagged

shaftmond
shaftmound
shafts
shaftway
shaftways
shag-hound
shag-rag
shag rug
shagbark
shagbark hickory
shagbarks
shagged (current term)
shaggedness
shagger
shaggers
shaggier
shaggiest
shaggily
shagginess
shagginesses
shaggings
shaggy
shaggy-dog stories

Literary usage of Shagged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Old Home, and English Note-books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1912)
"with which the precipices are shagged, conceal them a little too much. A crag, streaked with black and white, here and there shows its head aloft, ..."

2. Our Old Home: And English Note-books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1898)
"... with which the precipices are shagged, conceal them a little too much. A crag, streaked with black and white, here and there shows its head aloft, ..."

3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... which appeared to be a demon, by his changing himself into the form of a shagged dog.* stoned, for the sake of his own credit among the ignorant vulgar, ..."

4. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1891)
"with which the precipices are shagged, conceal them a little too much. A crag, streaked with black and white, here and there shows its head aloft, ..."

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