jaggedness
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈdʒæɡɪdnəs/
- The mountain trail was dangerous due to the jaggedness of the rocks along the path.
Examples
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Maybe she was dreamy on the inside while we saw jaggedness and suffering from the outside.
Fiction book (2002) -
The little plane soared up and over the unfamiliar jaggedness of the summit.
Fiction book (2000) -
These mountains seem crude, she thinks, unfriendly, almost ferocious in their jaggedness, landlocked hundreds of miles from the sea.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even the shafts of moonlight on the richly colored wooden floors acquired a jaggedness that terrified Anna.
Fiction book (1996) -
But going to class this morning to talk on Thoreau, my Western Island planned book on American writers came home to me in a rush, said not to pine and to envy, but to take this, this created, ever-more-being created American world, this adventure into space, this idea forever being made flesh, this where we are, this reality, with all its jaggedness and rawness.
Academic text (2011) -
The artist highlighted the jaggedness of the coastline in her painting, emphasizing its wild beauty.
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The fabric had a jaggedness that made it difficult to cut evenly without fraying.
Synonyms
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3.4
The way a surface feels when it is not smooth
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3.0
A very thin edge or point that cuts things easily
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4.6
An uneven surface with many bumps
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4.1
A rough texture that is not smooth
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6.2
An uneven, rough surface or edge you can feel
A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy
Antonyms
How Jagged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jaggedness comes from the word jagged, which means 'having sharp points', plus the ending -ness, which means 'quality'. So, think of broken glass or a rough mountain edge: jaggedness is the quality of being sharp, rough, and uneven.