Associations to the word «Rugged»

Wiktionary

RUGGED, adjective. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough
RUGGED, adjective. Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
RUGGED, adjective. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
RUGGED, adjective. (of a person) strong, sturdy, well-built
RUGGED, adjective. (of land) rocky and bare of plantlife
RUGGED, adjective. Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
RUGGED, adjective. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
RUGGED, adjective. Harsh; grating; rough to the ear -- said of sound, style, and the like.
RUGGED, adjective. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
RUGGED, adjective. Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
RUGGED, adjective. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
RUGGED, adjective. (computing) (of a computer) designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions
RUGGED, adjective. Having a rug or rugs.
RUGGED, adjective. Covered with a rug.
RUGGED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of rug

Dictionary definition

RUGGED, adjective. Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture".
RUGGED, adjective. Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile".
RUGGED, adjective. Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground".
RUGGED, 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats