Rugged — synonyms, rugged antonyms, definition

1. rugged (a)

athletic austere beefy brawny broken bumpy burly cacophonous coarse craggy crude difficult durable elastic firm flexible forbidding hale hard hardy • • •

2. rugged (Adjective)

furrowed delicate

rugged (Adjective) — Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring. ex. "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

rugged (Adjective) — Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface. ex. "rugged fields"

rugged (Adjective) — Topographically very uneven. ex. "rugged ground"

rugged (Adjective) — Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. ex. "a rugged competitive examination" ex. "the rugged conditions of frontier life"

strength