Rugged

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rugged \Rug"ged\, a. [See {Rug}, n.]
     1. Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or
        irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough;
        as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.
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              The rugged bark of some broad elm.    --Milton.
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     2. Not neat or regular; uneven.
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              His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. "The rugged Russian
        bear." --Shak.
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     4. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper,
        character, and the like, or of persons.
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              Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard,
              rugged, and unconcerned as ever.      --South.
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     5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. --Milton.
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     6. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style,
        and the like.
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              Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     7. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
        "Sleek o'er your rugged looks." --Shak.
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     8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners,
        etc.
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     9. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
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     Syn: Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh;
          hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning;
          violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy;
          tempestuous; inclement.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Rug"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rug"ged*ness},
          n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rugged
       adj 1: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring;
              "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness";
              "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a
              house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
              [ant: {delicate}]
       2: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
          ground" [syn: {broken}]
       3: rocky and steep [syn: {craggy}]
       4: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a
          rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of
          frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough
          life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: {tough}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  204 Moby Thesaurus words for "rugged":
     Herculean, Spartan, Spartanic, abstruse, adamantine, arduous,
     asperous, astringent, austere, authoritarian, beefy, bitter, bold,
     bouncing, brawny, broken, brutal, bulky, bumpy, burdensome, burly,
     churlish, clownish, cockled, cockly, complex, corrugate,
     corrugated, cragged, craggy, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled,
     crinkly, critical, crude, crumpled, delicate, demanding, dense,
     difficile, difficult, doughty, dour, dry, durable, enduring,
     exacting, exigent, firm, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy,
     formidable, full-blooded, full-strength, furrowed, grating,
     gravelly, grim, gutsy, gutty, hairy, hale, hale and hearty, hard,
     hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, harsh, hearty,
     heavy, hefty, hoarse, husky, ill-bred, inclement, independent,
     individualistic, intemperate, intricate, iron-hard, ironbound,
     irregular, jagged, jaggy, jarring, jawbreaking, knitted, knotted,
     knotty, laborious, lasting, loutish, lubberly, lumpish, lusty,
     massive, mean, meticulous, mighty, muscular, nervy, no picnic,
     not easy, obstinate, onerous, operose, pitted, potent, powerful,
     puckered, puckery, puissant, pursed, pursy, ragged, rasping,
     raucous, red-blooded, ridged, rigorous, rimpled, rippled, robust,
     robustious, robustuous, rockbound, rocky, rough, rough-and-ready,
     rucked, rude, rugose, rugous, rumpled, saw-toothed, sawtooth,
     scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, self-confident,
     self-reliant, self-sufficient, serrate, serrated, set with thorns,
     severe, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, solid, sound, spiny, stable,
     stalwart, steady, steely, steep, stern, stony, stout, strapping,
     strenuous, strict, stridulous, stringent, strong, strong as brandy,
     strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, thorny, ticklish,
     toilsome, tough, tricky, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneven,
     ungentle, ungraceful, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth,
     unsparing, unyielding, uphill, vigorous, vital, well-built,
     well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, wicked,
     wrinkled, wrinkly