[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rugged \rug"ged\, a. see rug, n.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            the rugged bark of some broad elm.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. not neat or regular; uneven.
      1913 webster

            his well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. "the rugged russian
      bear." --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper,
      character, and the like, or of persons.
      1913 webster

            neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard,
            rugged, and unconcerned as ever.      --south.
      1913 webster

   5. stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. --milton.
      1913 webster

   6. rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style,
      and the like.
      1913 webster

            through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   7. sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
      "sleek o'er your rugged looks." --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners,
      etc.
      1913 webster

   9. vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
      colloq. u.s.
      1913 webster

   syn: rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh;
        hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning;
        violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy;
        tempestuous; inclement.
        1913 webster -- rug"gedly, adv. -- rug"gedness,
        n.
        1913 webster
see also:
rug rug"gedly rug"gedness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rugged
     adj 1: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring;
            "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness";
            "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a
            house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
            ant: delicate
     2: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
        ground" syn: broken
     3: rocky and steep syn: craggy
     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" syn: tough
see also:
delicate broken craggy tough 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

204 moby thesaurus words for "rugged":
   herculean, spartan, spartanic, abstruse, adamantine, arduous,
   asperous, astringent, austere, authoritarian, beefy, bitter, bold,
   bouncing, brawny, broken, brutal, bulky, bumpy, burdensome, burly,
   churlish, clownish, cockled, cockly, complex, corrugate,
   corrugated, cragged, craggy, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled,
   crinkly, critical, crude, crumpled, delicate, demanding, dense,
   difficile, difficult, doughty, dour, dry, durable, enduring,
   exacting, exigent, firm, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy,
   formidable, full-blooded, full-strength, furrowed, grating,
   gravelly, grim, gutsy, gutty, hairy, hale, hale and hearty, hard,
   hard as nails, hard-earned, hard-fought, hardy, harsh, hearty,
   heavy, hefty, hoarse, husky, ill-bred, inclement, independent,
   individualistic, intemperate, intricate, iron-hard, ironbound,
   irregular, jagged, jaggy, jarring, jawbreaking, knitted, knotted,
   knotty, laborious, lasting, loutish, lubberly, lumpish, lusty,
   massive, mean, meticulous, mighty, muscular, nervy, no picnic,
   not easy, obstinate, onerous, operose, pitted, potent, powerful,
   puckered, puckery, puissant, pursed, pursy, ragged, rasping,
   raucous, red-blooded, ridged, rigorous, rimpled, rippled, robust,
   robustious, robustuous, rockbound, rocky, rough, rough-and-ready,
   rucked, rude, rugose, rugous, rumpled, saw-toothed, sawtooth,
   scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, self-confident,
   self-reliant, self-sufficient, serrate, serrated, set with thorns,
   severe, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, solid, sound, spiny, stable,
   stalwart, steady, steely, steep, stern, stony, stout, strapping,
   strenuous, strict, stridulous, stringent, strong, strong as brandy,
   strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, thorny, ticklish,
   toilsome, tough, tricky, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneven,
   ungentle, ungraceful, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth,
   unsparing, unyielding, uphill, vigorous, vital, well-built,
   well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, wicked,
   wrinkled, wrinkly

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