cragginess

7.5

A rough, uneven surface like the face of a rocky cliff

noun
/ˈkræɡi.nəs/

: rugosidad

The artist captured the stunning cragginess of the mountains in his painting.

Examples

The cragginess of the terrain made the path difficult to navigate.
But some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity.

August: Osage County (2013)
But I do agree that it would be ridiculous to use anyone who was not tall, muscular (like a basketball player, Clair muses), and a certain cragginess under the youthful flesh.

Blog text (3)
The hikers admired the cragginess of the rocky cliff as they made their ascent.

Synonyms

roughness

vscragginess

4 3.4

The way a surface feels when it is not smooth

is specifically about clifflike jagged texture rather than broad unevenness

bumpity

vscragginess

Informal

2 9.1

A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy

refers to sharp jagged clifflike texture rather than small jolts

ruggedness

vscragginess

1 4.9

Land that is rough and uneven and hard to walk on

is more about jagged clifflike texture than general uneven land

rockiness

vscragginess

1 4.2

Land covered with many rocks that is rough and uneven

is more about rock coverage than sharp clifflike jagged texture

Antonyms

smoothness

5 1.9

An even surface without rough parts

flatness

3 2.9

A level area with hardly any hills

How Rugged

cragginess

7.5

ruggedness

1 4.1

roughness

4 3.4

unevenness

1 5.1

smoothness

5 1.9

Surface Forms

cragginess singular

cragginesses plural

Morphology

cragginess = craggy (transparent) = crag + y + ness

Derived from 'crag' -> 'craggy' -> 'cragginess' (quality of being craggy); the meaning is directly predictable from the adjective 'craggy'.

Etymology

Cragginess comes from the word crag, which means a steep, rough rock or cliff, and the ending -ness that makes a noun meaning 'quality'. So, cragginess is the 'rocky, rough' quality you see in cliffs, old walls, or a face with strong, uneven shapes.