Definition of RUGGED

rugged

Adjective

  • Having a rough, irregular, or uneven surface.
  • sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
    • "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
  • having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

Adjective Satellite

  • topographically very uneven
    • "rugged ground"
  • very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
    • "a rugged competitive examination"
    • "the rugged conditions of frontier life"

Adj

  • 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.
  • Having a rug or rugs.
  • Covered with a rug.

Verb

  • simple past and past participle of rug

Examples

  • The old wooden Scrabble board felt RUGGED to the touch, telling tales of many games.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Antonyms

delicate, unfurrowed

Scrabble Score: 9

rugged: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rugged: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rugged: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

rugged: valid Words With Friends Word