rugged
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- rŭ-gĭd, IPA: /ˈɹʌɡɪd/
rugged (comparative ruggeder, superlative ruggedest)
- Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
- 1870, Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter LXV
- By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view.
- 1870, Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter LXV
- Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
- 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
- Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.
- 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
- Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
- 2010, Arthur Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold
- Many women and men delude themselves into thinking that only the hardest and most rugged man is attractive and to many it may be the case.
- 2010, Arthur Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold
- (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
- 2013, Vicky Baker in The Guardian, Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch ↗
- Hidden within 30,000 acres of rugged private land, the ranch is cocooned by peaks and canyons in all directions.
- 2013, Vicky Baker in The Guardian, Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch ↗
- (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed
- Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear
- (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
- (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
- (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
- 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden
- "Her gaze rested for a moment on the muscular neck, heavy corded, almost bull-like, bronzed by the sun, spilling over with rugged health and strength..."
- 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden
- (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
- 2011, Nick Fletcher, Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss ↗
- Psion, which supplies a range of rugged hand held computers, has lost nearly 2% after announcing a plunge into the red.
- 2011, Nick Fletcher, Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss ↗
- French: rugueux
- German: rau, schroff , zerklüftet
- Italian: ruvido
- Portuguese: áspero (of materials), acidentado (of terrain)
- Russian: пересечённый
- Spanish: filudo, escabroso
- French: irrégulier
- German: rau, ruppig, robust , derb
- Portuguese: bruto
- Russian: неро́вный
- Spanish: despelotado, a lo natural, al lote
- German: rau, zerfurcht, zerzaust, wettergegerbt
- Portuguese: felpudo
- Russian: щети́нистый
- Spanish: velludo, barboso, peludo, peluda
- Portuguese: robusto
- Russian: прочный
- French: sévère
- Russian: суро́вый
- Spanish: rasposo
- French: turbulent, tempétueux
- Russian: бу́рный
- Spanish: turbulento, difícil
- Russian: ре́зкий
- French: hargneux
- Russian: угрю́мый
- rŭgd, IPA: /ɹʌɡd/
rugged (not comparable)
- Having a rug or rugs.
- Covered with a rug.
- Simple past tense and past participle of rug
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