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English adjective: rugged | |||
| 1. | rugged sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring | ||
| Samples | With a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture. | ||
| Similar | knockabout, sturdy, tough | ||
| See also | robust, strong, tough, toughened | ||
| Attribute | strength | ||
| Antonyms | delicate | ||
| 2. | rugged having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | ||
| Samples | Furrowed fields. His furrowed face lit by a warming smile. | ||
| Synonyms | furrowed | ||
| Similar | canaliculate, corrugated, rutted, rutty | ||
| Antonyms | unfurrowed | ||
| 3. | rugged topographically very uneven | ||
| Samples | Broken terrain. Rugged ground. | ||
| Synonyms | broken | ||
| Similar | rough, unsmooth | ||
| Antonyms | smooth | ||
| 4. | rugged very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution | ||
| Samples | A rugged competitive examination. The rugged conditions of frontier life. The competition was tough. It's a tough life. It was a tough job. | ||
| Synonyms | tough | ||
| Similar | difficult, hard | ||
| Antonyms | easy | ||
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