Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having crags.
- adjective Rugged and uneven.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of crags; abounding with broken rocks; rugged with projecting points of rock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characterized by
rugged ,sharp , orcoarse features.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having hills and crags
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't even remember whether "craggy" is a real word.
Response: "Other" fantasyecho 2006
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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Still, federal officials insisted the Peguis relocate, to land along Lake Winnipeg that is often described as craggy swampland.
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I still have confidence in him, but as someone not entirely au fait with all the technical stuff, that might be because I am associating him with the only other chap who was habitually described as craggy, the actor Jack Hawkins, who was convincing in any number of roles as a clear-thinking, tough-talking man of action.
Sausage, egg and bacon helps me through the phases with England's rugby | Martin Kelner 2011
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He had a face not unlike the oak trees whose wood he admired, which is to say craggy, and a disposition to match.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005
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