jaggy

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jaggy

The hiker carefully avoided the jaggy rocks along the trail.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Having a sharply uneven surface or outline: Describes something with a rough, irregular edge or profile that appears sharply broken or indented.
    • Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed: Describes a border or edge that is marked by a series of sharp points, cuts, or indentations, resembling teeth or the result of being bitten.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The hikers carefully navigated the jaggy ridge of the mountain.
    • We found a piece of glass with a dangerously jaggy edge.
    • The old, rusted metal had a jaggy tear along its side.
Advanced Usage
  • Descriptive Use: Often used to describe natural landscapes (e.g., rocks, cliffs) or man-made objects that have been broken, torn, or eroded to form sharp, irregular points.
    • The artist captured the jaggy silhouette of the winter trees against the sky.
  • Figurative Use: Can be applied metaphorically to describe something non-physical that is harsh, uneven, or fragmented.
    • The stock market's recovery has been a jaggy line of peaks and valleys.
Variants and Related Words
  • Jagged (adj): The more common synonym for "jaggy," meaning having a sharply uneven edge or surface.
    • The jagged rocks were treacherous.
  • Jag (n): A sharp projection or a tear that leaves a ragged edge.
    • There was a deep jag in the metal.
  • Jaggedly (adv): In a jagged manner.
    • The graph rose jaggedly.
Synonyms
  • Serrated: Having a notched edge like a saw.
  • Toothed: Having tooth-like projections.
  • Craggy: Rugged and rough, especially of a rock face.
  • Uneven: Not level or smooth.
Antonyms
  • Smooth: Having an even and regular surface.
  • Even: Flat and level.
  • Rounded: Having a smooth, curved surface.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • Jaggy edge: A common collocation emphasizing the dangerous or rough quality of an edge.
    • Be careful with that can; it has a jaggy edge.
  • (As) jaggy as a saw blade: A simile emphasizing extreme sharpness and irregularity of points.
    • The broken fence post was as jaggy as a saw blade.
jaggy

The hiker carefully avoided the jaggy rocks along the trail.

Adjective
  1. having a sharply uneven surface or outline
    • the jagged outline of the crags
    • scraggy cliffs
  2. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

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