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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.
EXPANDfull 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.
COLLAPSEcapable of enduring hardship, wear, etc.; strong and tough: rugged floor covering; a rugged lumberjack.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare Swedish rugga to roughen (of cloth); compare rug
1300–50; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare Swedish rugga to roughen (of cloth); compare rug
Related forms
rug·ged·ly, adverb
rug·ged·ness, noun
un·rug·ged, adjective
Synonyms
1. uneven, irregular, craggy. 4. austere. 6. turbulent. 7. grating, cacophonous. 8. unpolished, crude.
1. uneven, irregular, craggy. 4. austere. 6. turbulent. 7. grating, cacophonous. 8. unpolished, crude.
Antonyms
1. smooth. 4. mild. 10. frail.
1. smooth. 4. mild. 10. frail.
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Word Origin & History
rugged
early 14c., "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.
EXPAND"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]
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