rugged
adjective
1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture
Similar word(s): knockabout, sturdy, tough, robust, strong, tough, toughened
2. having grooves or wrinkles in the surface
Similar word(s): canaliculate, corrugated, rutted, rutty, furrowed
3. broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth.
- rugged ground
Similar word(s): rough, unsmooth, broken
4. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- a rugged competitive examination
- the rugged conditions of frontier life
Similar word(s): difficult, hard, tough
5. (of a person) strong, sturdy, muscular.
- a rugged guy is attractive
Similar word(s): strong, brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of rug