jagged

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/ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd//ˈd͡ʒæɡəd//d͡ʒæɡd/

adjective

Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

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serratedscraggydentatedenteddentilatederosegimpedgnawed
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Meanings

jagged1

adjectivejagged (comparative more jagged, superlative most jagged)

comparative more jagged · superlative most jagged

  1. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
    1 more example

    At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

    1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704

    Synonyms: serrated, scraggy, dentate, dented, dentilated, erose, gimped, gnawed

  2. Having a rough quality.

    Synonyms: scraggy, abrasive, asperous, coarse, gimped, harsh, irregular, jaggy

  3. computingOf an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

    Synonyms: ragged

jagged2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of jag

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

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serratedscraggydentatedenteddentilatederosegimpedgnawedindentedjaggynickednotchednotchysaw-toothedserrateserratedserriformtoothed

adjectiveHaving a rough quality.

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scraggyabrasiveasperouscoarsegimpedharshirregularjaggyroughruggedrugosesalebrousscabrousscraggyshaggedsquarroseunevenunsmooth

adjectiveOf an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

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ragged

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving a sharply uneven surface or outline

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jaggyscraggyuneven

adjectivehaving an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

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erosejaggynotchedtoothedrough
Also see
eroseharshindentedjaggynickednotchednotchyraggedroughscabrousscraggyserrateserratedsnipttootheduneven

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek κάρχαρος
  • κάρχαρος (kárkharos)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Bulgarian съдран, грапав
  • съдран (sădran)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • грапав (grapav)having a rough quality
  • нащърбен (naštărben)having a rough quality
Dutch kartelig, gekarteld
  • karteligunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • gekarteldunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Esperanto dentata
  • dentataunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Finnish rosoinen, särmikäs
  • rosoinenunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • särmikäsunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
French dentelé, anguleux
  • denteléunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • anguleuxunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
German zackig, schartig
  • zackigunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • schartigunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • kantigunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • grobunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • rissigunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • ausgefranstunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • gezacktunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • gezahntunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • zerklüftetunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • grobhaving a rough quality
  • kantighaving a rough quality
  • rauhaving a rough quality
Hawaiian lilihi
  • lilihiunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Italian dentellato
  • dentellatounevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Latin lupātus
  • lupātusunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Latvian robots
  • robotsunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Māori mākini
  • mākiniunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
Persian زبر
  • زبر (zebr)having a rough quality
Romanian crestat, zimțat
  • crestatunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • zimțatunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • dințatunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • bruthaving a rough quality
  • aspruhaving a rough quality
Russian зазу́бренный, зу́бчатый
  • зазу́бренный (zazúbrennyj)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • зу́бчатый (zúbčatyj)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • изре́занный (izrézannyj)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • гру́бый (grúbyj)having a rough quality
Spanish dentado, mellado
  • dentadounevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • melladounevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • ásperohaving a rough quality
  • bastohaving a rough quality
Turkish çentikli, dişli
  • çentikliunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • dişliunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • pürüzlühaving a rough quality
Ukrainian зазублений, зубчастий
  • зазублений (zazublenyj)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • зубчастий (zubčastyj)unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • нерівний (nerivnyj)having a rough quality
  • кострубатий (kostrubatyj)having a rough quality
Welsh gylfog, bylchog
  • gylfogunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • bylchogunevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut
  • bylchoghaving a rough quality

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with jagged

gaggedraggedflaggedbaggedsmaragdbeflaggedhaggedrun someone ragged
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Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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