rugged
rugged
Definition
rug·ged (rug′id)
adjective
- having irregular projections and depressions; uneven in surface or contour; rough; wrinkled rugged ground, a rugged coast
- strong, irregular, and wrinkled: said of the face or facial features
- stormy; tempestuous rugged weather
- sounding harsh rugged tones
- severe; harsh; hard; stern a rugged life
- not polished, cultivated, refined, or elegant; rude rugged manners
- ☆ strong; robust; sturdy; vigorous
- Informal requiring great skill, strength, endurance, etc. a rugged test
Etymology: ME, rough, shaggy, prob. < Scand, as in Swed rugga, to roughen: for IE base see rug
rug′·gedly adverb
rug′·ged·ness noun
rugged
Synonyms
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modif.
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Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- withstand: These trousers feel very soft and comfortable, they will be cool to wear yet are rugged enough to withstand hard wear and tear.
Modifies a noun
- coastline: In addition, the rugged Irish coastline seen from every window cannot fail to inspire.
- terrain: Despite the rugged terrain, the pace is varied, with regular faster sections.
- cliff: Sharing the coastline with rugged cliffs are scores of dazzling white sand beaches.
- moorland: The terrain often features rugged, boggy moorland, or high mountains.
- mountain: At a distance rugged mountains with a broken outline close in the whole.
- individualism: James Hillman Trapped in our tradition of rugged individualism, we are an extraordinarily lonely people.
Modifying Another Word
- extremely: This little unit is lightweight and compact yet extremely rugged with all metal construction designed to sustain arduous conditions.
- very: The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
- particularly: This is a particularly rugged area of the western Highlands.
- often: The difficulties are arresting dozens of riders on horseback in open, often rugged, countryside are enormous.
- too: Ferries and charter boats ply between islands and when the terrain becomes too rugged, river transport takes over.
- so: Everything here, so rugged and wild, minimizes even the most cherished of our self-important activities.
Used with adjective complement
- become: In Bavaria, further south, the land becomes rugged.
- produce: In producing rugged in which white someone is you his party's top.
- use: The surveyors initially migrated to using rugged, handheld computers running Windows CE.
- look: By this time, the land below was looking even more rugged, not the place to have an engine problem!
- offer: Parvus offers rugged, commercial-off-the-shelf ( COTS ) computing solutions ideal for avionics, military, medical, industrial, and transportation OEMs.
