"craggy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹæɡ.i/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-craggy.ogg , en-au-craggy.ogg Forms: craggier [comparative], craggiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æɡi Etymology: crag + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crag|y}} crag + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} craggy (comparative craggier, superlative craggiest)
  1. Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features. Related terms: crag, cragged, craggedness, craggily, cragginess Translations (characterized by rugged etc. features): скалист (skalist) (Bulgarian), skalnatý (Czech), rozeklaný (Czech), ostře řezaný (Czech), drsný (Czech), louhikkoinen (Finnish), karkea (Finnish), karkeapiirteinen (Finnish), kirveellä veistetty (Finnish), escarpé (French), βραχώδης (vrachódis) (Greek), alltrach (Irish), creagach (Irish), méirscreach (Irish), sceilgeach (Irish), speancach (Irish), ска́лест (skálest) (Macedonian), ка́рпест (kárpest) (Macedonian), pūtaratara (Maori), forrevet (Norwegian), klippefull (Norwegian), sċylfiġ (Old English), skalisty (Polish), скали́стый (skalístyj) (Russian), суровый (surovyj) (Russian), escarpado (english: coastline, mountains) (Spanish), accidentado (Spanish), escabroso (english: terrain, landscape) (Spanish), rudo (Spanish), áspero [character, general] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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