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jag·ged

(jăg′ĭd)
adj.
1. Marked by irregular projections and indentations on the edge or surface: the jagged edge of the broken window.
2. Having a rough or harsh quality: "not a stutter exactly but a jagged sound, as if the words were being broken off from some other, stronger current of words deep inside" (Anne Tyler).
jag′ged·ly adv.
jag′ged·ness n.
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jagged

(ˈdʒæɡɪd)
adj
having sharp projecting notches; ragged; serrate
ˈjaggedly adv
ˈjaggedness n
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jag•ged

(ˈdʒæg ɪd)

adj.
1. raggedly notched; sharply irregular on the surface or at the borders.
2. having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality.
[1400–50; see jag 1, -ed 2]
jag′ged•ly, adv.
jag′ged•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. jagged - having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
2. [画像:jagged - having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed]jagged - having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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jagged

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jagged

adjective
Having a surface that is not smooth:
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Translations
مُحَزَّز، ذو حافَّةٍ حادّه ومُحَزَّزَه
roztřepený
flossetujævn
skörîóttur
dantytaidantytumasrantytairantytas
izrobotsrobains
nazobčan
çentiklipürüzlü

jagged

[ˈdʒægɪd] ADJ → dentado
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jagged

[ˈdʒægɪd] adj [metal, edge, outline] → dentelé(e)
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jagged

adj → zackig ; edge, hole also → schartig, (aus)gezackt ; teeth → gezackt ; wound, tear → ausgefranst ; coastline, rocks → zerklüftet ; mountains, peaks → spitz
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jagged

[ˈdʒægɪd] adj (edge) → dentellato/a; (rock, cliffs) → frastagliato/a
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jagged

(ˈdʒӕgid) adjective
having rough or sharp and uneven edges. jagged rocks. gekartel, ongelyk, happerig مُحَزَّز، ذو حافَّةٍ حادّه ومُحَزَّزَه назъбен recortado roztřepený zackig ujævn; flosset οδοντωτός, ακανόνιστος irregular, dentado, mellado sakiline اره ای؛ بریده بریده rosoinen déchiqueté מְשוּנָן नुकीली धार वाला nazubljen csipkézett bergerigi skörðóttur puntuto, frastagliato ぎざぎざのある 들쭉날쭉한, 톱니 모양의 dantytas, rantytas robains; izrobots bercerancang scherp, getand hakket, tagget, forrevet poszczerbiony تيرې تيرې څوكې، ياغاښى: پرې پرې، غاښور recortado din­ţat с зазубринами zubatý, vyštrbený, rozoklaný nazobčan reckav ojämn, skarp, naggad เป็นหยัก; ขรุขระ çentikli, pürüzlü 鋸齒狀的 зазублений, нерівний ناہموار lởm chởm 锯齿状的
ˈjaggedly adverb
hoekerig بصورةٍ خَشِنَةٍ وحادَّةٍ нащърбено de forma recortada roztřepeně, střapatě zackig ujævnt; flosset οδοντωτά irregularmente sakiliselt بطور دندانه دندانه rosoisesti en dents de scie בְּצוּרָה מְשׁוּנֶנֶת विषमधार वाला zupčasto csipkésen secara bergerigi á ójafnan hátt in modo frastagliato ぎざぎざと 들쭉날쭉하여 dantytai, rantytai robaini; izroboti secara bercerancang scherp hakket, forrevet strzępiaście د تیری تیری دوله recortadamente cu aspect zimţat неровно zubato nazobčano reckavo ojämnt, skarpt, naggat อย่างขรุขระ çentikli/pürüzlü bir şekilde 鋸齒狀地 нерівно کٹے پھٹے انداز میں một cách lởm chởm 锯齿状地
ˈjaggedness noun
kartelagtig تَحْزيز، تَسَنُّن грапавина recorte střapatost die Zackigkeit ujævnhed; flossethed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. πριονωτό mella sakilisus دارای لبه تیز و ناصاف rosoisuus aspect déchiqueté מְשׁוּנַן विषमधारता nazubljenost csipkézettség gerigi ójöfnur asperità ぎざぎざ 들쭉날쭉함 dantytumas robainums; izrobojums keadaan bercerancang scherpgetande vorm det som er tagget strzępiastość ناصاپ او تيزه څوكه درلودل recorte aspect zimţat неровность zúbkovanosť; rozstrapkanosť; drsnosť nazobčanost reckavost ojämnhet ความขรุขระ çentiklilik, pürüzlülük 鋸齒狀 зубчатість کٹا پھٹا ہونے کی حالت sự lởm chởm 锯齿状
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The collar was a little jagged at the edge, and so came the long scissors to cut off the jagged part.
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The Castle.--The gray of the morning has passed, and the sun is high over the distant horizon, which seems jagged, whether with trees or hills I know not, for it is so far off that big things and little are mixed.
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'Tis split, too --that I feel; the jagged edge galls me so, my brain seems to beat against the solid metal; aye, steel skull, mine; the sort that needs no helmet in the most brain-battering fight!
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