Definition of "craggy"
craggy
adjective
comparative craggier, superlative craggiest
Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
Quotations
Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhouldersOf ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſandsAnd all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene iii
Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club