CRAGGY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

craggy

adjective

ˈkra-gē

Definition of craggy

as in jagged

having an uneven edge or outline goats scrambled nimbly up the craggy side of the mountain

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Recent Examples of craggy Across the rugged landscape that has made Yemen famed for its beauty, videos of the fighting over the last few days showed men dying violently on craggy mountains and on barren desert flats. — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 The concrete that has kept his house from sinking into the earth until now is in disrepair; Wilson attempts to patch it himself, leaving behind a craggy keloid on the patio. — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026 Another stool from the collection slots a craggy stone carcass inside a black columnlike shell. — Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026 It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for craggy

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jagged

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The trace of bone plates’ fusion remains in jagged lines like black lightning.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026
Furthermore, the whiskers are in front, preventing the drone from detecting sideways obstacles like random jagged branches in a forest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

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