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| Main Entry: | jagged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged, notched |
| Synonyms: | barbed, broken, cleft, craggy, harsh, indented, irregular, pointed, ridged, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrated, spiked, uneven, asperous, denticulate, snaggy, toothed, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | even, smooth |
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, poor, rent, rough, rugged, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, patched, poorly made, scraggy, shredded, tatty, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, new, smooth, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uneven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smooth or balanced |
| Synonyms: | asymmetrical, broken, bumpy, changeable, craggy, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, fitful, harsh, intermittent, irregular, jagged, jerky, leftover, lopsided, notched, odd, off-balance, one-sided, patchy, remaining, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrate, spasmodic, spotty, unbalanced, unequal, unfair, unsteady, variable, asperous, differing, fluctuating, ill-matched, nonsymmetrical, not flat, not level, not parallel, overbalanced, scraggy, unlevel, unsmooth, unsymmetrical |
| Antonyms: | balanced, continuous, even, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | zigzag |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moving side to side |
| Synonyms: | askew, awry, bent, crooked, devious, diagonal, erratic, inclined, indirect, irregular, jagged, meandering, oblique, rambling, serrated, sinuous, sloping, tortuous, transverse, twisted, undulating, winding, crinkled, fluctuating, oscillating, snaking, twisting, waggling |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | notched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nicked |
| Synonyms: | jagged, rough, saw-toothed, serrate, serrated |
| Main Entry: | ridged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crinkled |
| Synonyms: | corrugated, jagged, furrowed, ribbed, toothed |
| Main Entry: | saw-toothed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with teeth like a saw's |
| Synonyms: | jagged, notched, serrated, zigzag, toothed |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
| Synonyms: | cornered, crooked, crossing, forked, jagged, oblique, slanted, zigzag, V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, crotched, divaricate, intersecting, sharp-cornered, skewed, staggered |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jarring, noisy, off-key*, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, severe, sharp, sour, strident, uneven, unrelenting, asperous, caterwauling, creaking, croaking, jangling, not smooth, out-of-key, out-of-tune, screeching, stridulous, tuneless, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rugged, stony |
| Synonyms: | craggy, flinty, hard, inflexible, jagged, petrified, rough, solid, bouldered, lapidarian, lithic, pebbly, petrous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, stonelike |
| Antonyms: | flat, smooth |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven, irregular |
| Synonyms: | bearded, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, choppy, coarse, craggy, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, ridged, rocky, rugged, scabrous, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unfinished, woolly, wrinkled, asperous, brambly, chapped, cragged, cross-grained, nodular, not smooth, ruffled, scraggy, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, wrinkly |
| Antonyms: | even, level, polished, regular, smooth |
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, weathered |
| Synonyms: | broken, coarse, craggy, difficult, harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, scabrous, stark, uneven, unpolished, unrefined, weather-beaten, worn, wrinkled, asperous, furrowed, roughhewn, scraggy, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knifelike, cutting |
| Synonyms: | acute, barbed, fine, jagged, keen, peaked, pointed, prickly, salient, serrated, spiked, spiny, stinging, tapering, thorny, aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, apical, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, pointy, pronged, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiky, splintery, tapered, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, uneven |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, amorphous, asymmetrical, bent, broken, cockeyed*, craggy, crooked, devious, disproportionate, eccentric, elliptical, hilly, jagged, lopsided, lumpy, meandering, notched, off-balance, off-center, rough, serrate, serrated, unbalanced, unequal, variable, wobbly, elliptic, not uniform, out of proportion, pitted, protuberant, scarred, unaligned, unsymmetrical, zigzagged |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, pull to another spot |
| Synonyms: | back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, raise, rake, remove, ride, schlepp*, shift, shoulder, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug, piggy back, tote |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a space; push in slightly |
| Synonyms: | bash, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rut, score, serrate, cave in, rabbet, scallop |
| Antonyms: | flush |
| Main Entry: | knife |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab with pointed tool |
| Synonyms: | brand, carve, clip, cut, hurt, impale, jag, kill, lacerate, lance, pierce, shank, slash, slice, spit, stick, thrust, wound, chop down, open up, shiv |
| Main Entry: | lacerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tear, cut; wound |
| Synonyms: | claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | nick |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | chip, scratch |
| Synonyms: | cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit |
| Main Entry: | notch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indent |
| Synonyms: | chisel, cleave, crimp, cut, dent, gash, incise, jag, mark, mill, nick, score, scratch, crenelate, scallop |
| Antonyms: | flush |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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