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Definition of Rugged

1. Adjective. Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring. "With a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

2. Adjective. Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface. "His furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

3. Adjective. Topographically very uneven. "Rugged ground"

4. Adjective. Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. "It was a tough job"

Definition of Rugged

1. a. 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.

Definition of Rugged

1. Adjective. Broken into sharp or irregular points; full of asperities on the surface, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road. ¹

2. Adjective. Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven. ¹

3. Adjective. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. ¹

4. Adjective. Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. ¹

5. Adjective. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. ¹

6. Adjective. Harsh; grating; rough to the ear -- said of sound, style, and the like. ¹

7. Adjective. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. ¹

8. Adjective. Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc. ¹

9. Adjective. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. ¹

10. Adjective. (defn English) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rugged

1. having an uneven surface [adj -GEDER, -GEDEST] : RUGGEDLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rugged

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rugby tackling rugby union rugel's plantain rugelach rugged (current term) rugged individualism ruggeder ruggedest ruggedisation ruggedise

ruggedization ruggedizations ruggedize ruggedized ruggedizes ruggedizing ruggedly ruggedness ruggednesses

Literary usage of Rugged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"This district, known to the ancients as " Cilicia Aspera," from its rugged appearance, lies on the southern slopes of the Taurus mountains, where they push ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... of exceedingly rugged hills and deep values ; each of them, in their turn, very difficult and dangerous to pafs over. Yet this danger and fatigue is ..."

3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"190 Well was it time to seek afar Some refuge from impending war, When e'en Clan-Alpine's rugged swarm Are cowed by the approaching storm. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"This district, known to the ancients as " Cilicia Aspera," from its rugged appearance, lies on the southern slopes of the Taurus mountains, where they push ..."

5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... of exceedingly rugged hills and deep values ; each of them, in their turn, very difficult and dangerous to pafs over. Yet this danger and fatigue is ..."

6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"190 Well was it time to seek afar Some refuge from impending war, When e'en Clan-Alpine's rugged swarm Are cowed by the approaching storm. ..."

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