jagged lines
Sharp, uneven marks
Jagged lines are lines with sharp, irregular angles or points rather than smooth curves.
The term appears in visual contexts—drawing, design, graphics—where it often describes the stair-step effect when diagonal or curved edges render poorly at low resolution: The old monitor displayed jagged lines around the text.
More generally, any zigzagging or roughly broken line qualifies: The seismograph traced jagged lines during the earthquake.
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- lightning boltAtmospheric electrical discharge
- raggedWorn to shreds
- serratedHaving toothlike projections
- saw bladeToothed metal for cutting
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- zigzag patternschevron, herringbone, rickrack, sawtooth, zigzag stitch
- grawlix symbolsasterisk, at sign, ampersand, hash, percent sign
- ExpressionismEdvard Munch, The Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts
- angry artfury, wrath, rage, violent imagery, tension
jagged linessmooth lines
Rehearsed flirtatious remarks
flowing lines · smooth curves · curved lines · clean lines · sleek lines
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