rugged meaning and definition

RUGGED adjective

Definition of rugged (adjective)

1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
   • "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
   • antonym: delicate
2. having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
   • "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
   • synonyms: furrowed
   • antonym: unfurrowed
3. topographically very uneven
   • "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
   • synonyms: broken
4. 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"
   • synonyms: tough