1(of terrain) having a rough, rocky, and uneven surface; rugged.
rugged mountains and cragged coastlines
cragged rocks
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The pageant device itself was made up of the representation of two hills or mountains, the one on the north side being "cragged, barreyn, and stonye; in whiche was erected one tree, artificiallye made, all withered and deadde ...".
The return is via the black cragged gash of Gleann Lochain Eanaiche.
Across the water an ancient stone keep sat atop cragged rocky shores, reflected in the cerulean blue waters.
The wanderer ventured forth into the eternal pass of cragged rock, worn with lines of age, yet stalwart and strong with thick trunks of stone bolstering the walls.
By 8pm there's a definite sense of expectation, and so I follow the reds, whites and blues (so much for separatism) up the cragged streets to cafe-lined Place Jaurs.
At the age of ninety, Kennan published Around the Cragged Hill (WW Norton, 1994).
We finally reached the 17,300-foot pass overlooking Lhamo Latso - "a sharp cragged ridge," according to The Power-Places of Central Tibet, "upon which is built the Dalai Lama's throne."
1.1(of a man's face) rugged and rough-textured.
the cragged features of the fishermen
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While Robert Shaw's Britisher sneers at all things NYC, Matthau's cragged face and forlorn voice implicitly champion NYC values.
His father wavered behind the bar, his thick white hair matted on his scalp, his face cragged and lined like dried-out leaves.
Kristofferson's face is like an Easter Island statue; cragged and heavy with tragic knowledge.
Dafoe's character doesn't say much, but his cragged face is as expressive a tool as his voice.
At 63, the Paisley-born actor-turned-novelist's cragged, open face alludes to, but never exposes, his 60-plus status.