Definition of Rugged

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Rugged

Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.

Not neat or regular; uneven.

Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.

Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.

Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.

Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.

Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.

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Rugged Quotations

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.
Roger Bannister

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
Lord Melbourne

The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
William Henry Ashley

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
George Ade

It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
William Lamb Melbourne

Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
Jack Levine

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps.
Charlotte Smith

The moon is very rugged.
Alan Bean

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin.
Maureen McCormick

Rugged Translations

rugged in German is stabil
rugged in Spanish is escabroso, esatble

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