Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a rough irregular surface.
- adjective Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles.
- adjective Having a sturdy build or strong constitution.
- adjective Tempestuous; stormy.
- adjective Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance.
- adjective Lacking culture or polish; coarse and rude.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a rough, hairy surface or nap; shaggy; bristly; ragged.
- Covered with rough projections; broken into sharp or irregular points or prominences; rough; uneven: as, a rugged mountain; rugged rocks.
- Wrinkled; furrowed; corrugated; hence, ruffled; disturbed; uneasy.
- Rough to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Unsoftened by refinement or cultivation; rude; homely; unpolished; ignorant.
- Rough in temper; harsh; hard; austere.
- Marked by harshness, severity, or anger; fierce; rough; ungentle.
- Rough; tempestuous: said of the sea or weather.
- Vigorous; robust; strong in health.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough.
- adjective Not neat or regular; uneven.
- adjective Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- adjective Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
- adjective Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- adjective Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
- adjective Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
- adjective Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
- adjective Colloq. U.S. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Broken into
sharp orirregular points ;uneven ; not smooth;rough - adjective Not neat or regular;
irregular ,uneven . - adjective Rough with bristles or hair;
shaggy . - adjective of a person
strong ,sturdy ,well-built - adjective of land
rocky and bare ofplantlife - adjective Harsh;
austere ; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. - adjective
Stormy ;turbulent ; tempestuous; rude. - adjective
Harsh ;grating ; rough to the ear -- said of sound, style, and the like. - adjective Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
- adjective Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
- adjective Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
- adjective computing, of a computer designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions
- adjective Having a rug or rugs.
- adjective Covered with a rug.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rug .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- adjective sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- adjective having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
- adjective topographically very uneven
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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So you really do need this air support, because, you know, obviously, you are up in the mountains here in what you describe as a rugged area.
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He had what she called a rugged, honest Scotch face, with a very big nose in the middle of it, and little grey eyes overhung by brown and shaggy eyebrows.
The Rough Road William John Locke 1896
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I do not use a GPS but can see their use in rugged terrain where visability is limited due to mountains or forest cover.
Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? 2009
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They are lighter and hold up better in rugged country ... well if you don't want to scratch up your nice wood stock.
hey i'm thinking about buying a new rifle. a nice one. im willing to pay over 1000 dollars for it. 2009
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The actor specialized in rugged roles across his vast filmography, which included more than 70 films and TV shows.
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I do not use a GPS but can see their use in rugged terrain where visability is limited due to mountains or forest cover.
Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? 2009
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If you are hunting in rugged country get a synthetic otherwise id go with wood.
hey i'm thinking about buying a new rifle. a nice one. im willing to pay over 1000 dollars for it. 2009
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If you are hunting in rugged country get a synthetic otherwise id go with wood.
hey i'm thinking about buying a new rifle. a nice one. im willing to pay over 1000 dollars for it. 2009
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I believe in rugged individualism and that no one owes me anything just because I live and breathe.
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They are lighter and hold up better in rugged country ... well if you don't want to scratch up your nice wood stock.
hey i'm thinking about buying a new rifle. a nice one. im willing to pay over 1000 dollars for it. 2009
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