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[ jag-id ] / ˈdʒæg ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR jagged ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound. having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality. Origin of jagged1400–50; late Middle English. See jag1, -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM jaggedjag·ged·ly, adverbjag·ged·ness, nounun·jag·ged, adjectiveWords nearby jaggedJagan, Jagannath, Jagatai, Jagello, jager, jagged, Jagger, jaggery, jaggies, jaggy, Jagiello Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jaggedRather than jagged lines and aggressive arrows, she came up with a circle inside another circle. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal? (Ep. 429)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 13, 2020|Freakonomics Their jagged edges and razor sharp teeth make you stand a little further back then normal. Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster|Justin Jones|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Picasso worked from the photograph to create the blocked, jagged shapes he painted on canvas. Revealing The Unseen Picasso|Justin Jones|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The landscape is immense—rivers, hills, flatlands, jagged mountains. Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Situated at 5,400 feet, it's encircled by jagged peaks that make you feel you're cupped inside a caldera. Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America|Condé Nast Traveler|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST A ski and snowboard week held in the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain range. Homefront Veterans: Skiing With Wounded Warriors|John Kael Weston|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST He found several twisted pieces of metal—a jagged piece of engine. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton Patroclus came to meet him, holding his spear in his left hand, while in his right he grasped a jagged stone. Stories from the Iliad|H. L. Havell Certainly I could see the jagged peaks of it, the last point running off in a long wavering line of weakness. May Iverson's Career|Elizabeth Jordan The night came down swiftly, for a great stormcloud, in which jagged lightning played, blotted out the last rays of the sunk sun. Fair Margaret|H. Rider Haggard Dangling from a jagged piece of rock half way down the cliff, we found Polly Mathers's coat, torn and drabbled with mud. The Four Pools Mystery|Jean Webster
British Dictionary definitions for jagged
adjectivehaving sharp projecting notches; ragged; serrate Derived forms of jaggedjaggedly, adverbjaggedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to jaggedcraggy, uneven, rugged, irregular, broken, ridged, barbed, pointed, serrated, spiked, cleft, rough, indented, harsh, scabrous, denticulate, snaggy, toothed, unlevel, unsmooth |