RUGGED

rugged

(adjective) sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; “with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture”

rugged, tough

(adjective) 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”

broken, rugged

(adjective) topographically very uneven; “broken terrain”; “rugged ground”

furrowed, rugged

(adjective) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; “furrowed fields”; “his furrowed face lit by a warming smile”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

rugged (comparative ruggeder, superlative ruggedest)

Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.

Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.

Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

(of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.

(of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.

(of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed

Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

(of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear

(of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled

(of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous

(of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy

(computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.

Etymology 2

Adjective

rugged (not comparable)

Having a rug or rugs.

Covered with a rug.

Verb

rugged

simple past tense and past participle of rug

Anagrams

• Dugger, Gudger, grudge, gurged

Source: Wiktionary

Rug"ged, a. Etym: [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. The rugged bark of some broad elm. Milton.

2. Not neat or regular; uneven. His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged. Shak.

3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. "The rugged Russian bear." Shak.

4. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard, rugged, and unconcerned as ever. South.

5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. Milton.

6. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like. Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. Dryden.

7. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. "Sleek o'er your rugged looks." Shak.

8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.

9. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]

Syn.

– Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh; hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning; violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy; tempestuous; inclement.

– Rug"ged*ly, adv.

– Rug"ged*ness, n.

RUG

Rug, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See Rough, a.]

1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments. They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. Holinshed.

2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potière, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.

3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. Rug gown, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth. B. Johnson.

Rug, v. t.

Definition: To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

RUGGED

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