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Definition of jagged : 1. Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.
2. of Jag

Synonyms:

pebbly, weedy, underweight, jaggy, serrated, cragged, scrawny, notched, erose, uneven, harsh, scraggly, smooth, textured, boney, toothed, roughened, irregular, abrasive, saw-toothed, lumpy, broken, craggy, ironbound, scraggy, scabrous, serrate, bumpy, skinny

rough, sinewy, coarse, ruffled, rugged, knurled, stubbled, ragged, scuffed, rumpled, scratchy, gnarled

needle-point, sagittal, spear-like, bristly, prickly, thorny, spiky, cutting, barbed, sharp, thistly, keen, pointed, acute, needle-like, spinous, spiked, spiny, razor-edged, pointy

Usage examples:

• His collar was twisted and a jagged three- cornered tear showed in his grey trousers. - "The Pioneers", Katharine Susannah Prichard.
• Late that second night the moon came up, not out of the sea, but behind the jagged rock that lies ten miles off the western end of Haiti. - "Christopher Columbus", Mildred Stapley.
• There was a rumbling from inside the pile and a huge jagged patchwork of metal shot out, smashing both arms. - "The Junkmakers", Albert R. Teichner.