1
: having a sharply uneven edge or surface
jagged peaks
2
: having a harsh, rough, or irregular quality
jagged rhythms
jaggedly
adverb
jaggedness
noun
Examples of jagged in a Sentence
jagged pieces of broken glass
it's going to be hard to repair the jagged tear in the tablecloth so that it doesn't show
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Over the thousands of years that the valley was flooded, the silt filled in much of the jagged, unyielding bedrock on the river bottom, softening the impact of the fast-flowing water and preventing the formation of massive rapids.
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Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Especially in the dead of winter when deep snowdrifts absorb all sound and jagged encircling ridges form an impenetrably icy barrier.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 July 2024
The Sahara can be so diverse, some areas with baking hot hills, small mountains, plains of fine reddish sand rising against a painfully bright azure sky, others drastically different with brown sand set in sharp contrast to piles of jagged dark rocks.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Saunders, who founded his eponymous firm in 1998, grew up in Newfoundland, and one of his most notable projects to date is the Fogo Island Inn, an ultra-modern, five-star hotel in Newfoundland that’s perched above jagged rocks in what looks to be the end of the Earth.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 14 June 2024
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Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Especially in the dead of winter when deep snowdrifts absorb all sound and jagged encircling ridges form an impenetrably icy barrier.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 July 2024
The Sahara can be so diverse, some areas with baking hot hills, small mountains, plains of fine reddish sand rising against a painfully bright azure sky, others drastically different with brown sand set in sharp contrast to piles of jagged dark rocks.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Saunders, who founded his eponymous firm in 1998, grew up in Newfoundland, and one of his most notable projects to date is the Fogo Island Inn, an ultra-modern, five-star hotel in Newfoundland that’s perched above jagged rocks in what looks to be the end of the Earth.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 14 June 2024
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“Jagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jagged. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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jagged
adjective
jag·ged
ˈjag-əd 
: having a sharp uneven edge or surface
jagged mountains
jaggedly
adverb
jaggedness
noun
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