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rug⋅ged

  [ruhg-id]
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–adjective
1. having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
2. (of a face) wrinkled or furrowed, as by experience or the endurance of hardship.
3. roughly irregular, heavy, or hard in outline or form; craggy: Lincoln's rugged features.
4. rough, harsh, or stern, as persons or nature.
5. full of hardship and trouble; severe; hard; trying: a rugged life.
6. tempestuous; stormy: rugged weather.
7. harsh to the ear: rugged sounds.
8. rude, uncultivated, or unrefined.
9. homely or plain: rugged fare.
10. capable of enduring hardship, wear, etc.; strong and tough: rugged floor covering; a rugged lumberjack.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < Scand; cf. Sw rugga to roughen (of cloth); cf. rug

Related forms:
rug⋅ged⋅ly, adverb
rug⋅ged⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. uneven, irregular, craggy. 4. austere. 6. turbulent. 7. grating, cacophonous. 8. unpolished, crude.

Antonyms:
1. smooth. 4. mild. 10. frail.
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rug·ged   (rŭg'ĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Having a rough irregular surface. See Synonyms at rough.

  2. Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles: the rugged face of the old sailor.

  3. Having a sturdy build or strong constitution: a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness.

  4. Tempestuous; stormy: the rugged weather of the North Atlantic.

  5. Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance: the rugged conditions of barracks life.

  6. Lacking culture or polish; coarse and rude: rugged manners and ribald wit.


[Middle English, shaggy, of Scandinavian origin.]
rug'ged·ly adv., rug'ged·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

rugged 
c.1330, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from O.N. rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "strong, robust" is Amer.Eng., 1848.
"We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism." [Herbert Hoover, 1928]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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