Thesaurus: 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.
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Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. Not neat or regular; uneven.
- n. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- n. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
- n. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- n. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
- n. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
- n. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
- n. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
- adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- adj. having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
- adj. topographically very uneven