rugged
Meaning
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- Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
- Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
- Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.
- Strong, sturdy, well-built.
- Rocky and bare of plantlife.
- Harsh; austere; hard
- Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous
- Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking
- Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
- Violent; rude; boisterous
- Vigorous; robust; hardy
- Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
Synonyms
rough road
unequalized
strong-featured
having ups and downs
large-grained
rough-cut
unequalised
sharply angular
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹʌɡɪd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rugged, roggyd, ruggyd, derived from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft, shagginess”), equivalent to rug (“rough, woollen material”) + -ed. Compare Old Swedish ruggoter (“wrinkled”), Swedish rugga (“to roughen”), Swedish ruggig (“shaggy”), Icelandic rögg (“shagginess”), Old Norse raggaðr (“tufted”), dialectal Danish raggad (“shaggy”).
New
rug
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- A partial covering for a floor.
- A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
- A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
- A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
- (obsolete) A person wearing a rug.
- A cloth covering for a horse.
- (obsolete) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
- (slang) The female pubic hair.
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- (slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
- (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair.
- (slang) Short for rughead.
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