rugged
rugged is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. Not neat or regular; uneven.
- noun. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- noun. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
- noun. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- noun. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
- noun. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
- noun. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
- noun. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
- adjective. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
"with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
- adjective. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
"a rugged competitive examination"
"the rugged conditions of frontier life"
- adjective. topographically very uneven
"broken terrain"
"rugged ground"
- adjective. having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
"furrowed fields"
"his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rugged:
Common word forms
ruggeder, ruggedly, ruggedest, ruggedise, ruggedize, ruggedness
Words from these letters
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