Crossword clues for rugged
rugged
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rugged \Rug"ged\, a. [See Rug, n.]
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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.
The rugged bark of some broad elm.
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Not neat or regular; uneven.
His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged.
--Shak. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. ``The rugged Russian bear.''
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Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard, rugged, and unconcerned as ever.
--South. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
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Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
--Dryden. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. ``Sleek o'er your rugged looks.''
--Shak.Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
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Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
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"ged*ly, adv. -- Rug"ged*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "vigorous, strong, robust" is American English, by 1848.We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. [Herbert Hoover, speech in New York, Oct. 22, 1928]\nHoover said the phrase was not his own, and it is attested from 1897, though not in a patriotic context. Related: Ruggedly; ruggedness.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
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1 Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough 2 Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven. 3 Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. 4 (context of a person English) strong, sturdy, well-built 5 (context of land English) rocky and bare of plantlife 6 Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. 7 stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. 8 harsh; grating; rough to the ear -- said of sound, style, and the like. 9 Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. 10 Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc. 11 Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. 12 (context computing of a computer English) designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions Etymology 2
a. 1 Having a rug or rugs. 2 Covered with a rug. v
(en-pastrug)
WordNet
adj. 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]
topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" [syn: broken]
rocky and steep [syn: craggy]
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]
Wikipedia
Rugged may refer to:
- Rugged Island (disambiguation), several places
- Rugged Lark
- Rugged Mountain
- Rugged computer
Usage examples of "rugged".
Jessy agreed absently while her gaze took in the broad expanse of plains before them, rugged and rolling into forever.
Likeliest would be an airmobile assault by helicopter coming out of the southeast, mountain-hopping across the rugged, forested border with Greece.
I can reply is even the most rugged, xenophile, radiation-resistant cryophilic anaerobes we can imagine are going to have a hard time maintaining more than a toehold on current-day Mars, spending most of their time in a non-metabolic, frozen state, waiting for the times when conditions are right and water can be briefly liquid on the surface.
Two attempts were ineffectually made to gain soundings, and the extreme density of the fog precluded us from any other means of ascertaining the direction in which we were driving until half past twelve, when we had the alarming view of a barren rugged shore within a few yards, towering over the mast heads.
Enter Magee Mor Matthew, a rugged rough rugheaded kern, in strossers with a buttoned codpiece, his nether stocks bemired with clauber of ten forests, a wand of wilding in his hand.
Lolling sideways in his saddle, for several minutes he scanned the yellow-brown ramparts of the Amarillos rising rugged and ragged against the blue sky twenty miles to eastward.
There are portions well above twenty-five hundred meters, rugged and dangerous to cross and a notorious haunt of les Criards, the Howling Ones.
Given the rocky and rugged nature of the hills-and the crumbliness of the rock-the fort clearly controlled the east road.
Her chamber woman, in curch and tartan screen, was old nurse and sole domestic of the high-headed, strong-minded, stately widow of a wild north-country laird, whose son now ruled alone in the rugged family mansion among the grand, misty mountains of Lochaber.
Rugged, pristine wilderness stretched as far as Daile could see, forested ridges gilded by the morning light.
Of them all, Lucyler was the only Triin in the company, and he did not hail from Dring but from Tatterak, the rugged region of Lucel-Lor to which the Daegog had been exiled.
Golden Gate to the Embarcadero, with views of Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Alcatraz Island, and--on a clear day--across to the rugged backdrop of Marin County.
It enwreathed his head like drifts of cloud around the rugged top of a mountain at sunrise.
The Euphonic Mountains were more rugged than the dunes they had just crossed, but not enough for his tastes.
The Dawnstar is anchored off the Feyn River a good hundred kays south, where Lydya and a group of guards are gathering wild herbs and other edibles that the schooner can transport more easily than horses could haul across the rugged terrain.