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jagged
[ jag-id ]
adjective
- having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag:
the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality.
jagged
/ ˈdʒæɡɪd /
adjective
- having sharp projecting notches; ragged; serrate
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Derived Forms
- ˈjaggedly, adverb
- ˈjaggedness, noun
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Other Words From
- jagged·ly adverb
- jagged·ness noun
- un·jagged adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Their jagged edges and razor sharp teeth make you stand a little further back then normal.
Picasso worked from the photograph to create the blocked, jagged shapes he painted on canvas.
Jagged walls of rock, a palette of blacks and greys, loom over us.
The landscape is immense—rivers, hills, flatlands, jagged mountains.
Situated at 5,400 feet, it's encircled by jagged peaks that make you feel you're cupped inside a caldera.
The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
There was no water in the ravine, but the rocks were jagged and sharp, and they had to use much care to save their tires.
Thickets were swept as with a great jagged scythe by the leaden hail which swept through them.
One last effort—and he was out of the forest; the jagged summit still towered above him, but he could look forth—on what a view!
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