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jagged

/ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/

jagged adjective: unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut. Also the simple past and past participle of jag.

Adjective

jagged (comparative more jagged, superlative most jagged)

  1. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
    • 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...1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704
  2. Having a rough quality.
  3. Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
    Synonyms:
    ragged

Also used as

jagged is also the simple past and past participle of jag.

jagged meaning in Nepali and Persian

jagged in Nepali

टु जेग्ड

jagged in Persian

having a rough quality
زبر zebr

Examples of jagged in a sentence

  • Jagged bolts of lightning javelined down from the sky, attempting to skewer him with their electrical touch.
  • Hindwing with a mostly smooth-edged, ovalish, dark red patch, jagged only near front of wing.
  • Sky getting red, the edge of the quarry dark and jagged against it.

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Synonyms of jagged

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Forms of jagged

comparativemore jagged
superlativemost jagged

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Questions about jagged

What does jagged mean?
Jagged means unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
What is jagged in Nepali?
Jagged in Nepali is टु जेग्ड. See Jagged meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is jagged?
Jagged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jagged?
Jagged is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/.

Words near jagged in the dictionary

  1. Jagganaut
  2. Jaggard
  3. Jaggards
  4. jaggaries
  5. jaggary
  6. jagged
  7. jagged array
  8. jagged arrays
  9. jagged chickweed
  10. jagged off
  11. jaggeder

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