Dictionary Entry
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.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Not neat or regular; uneven.
- 3noun
Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- 4noun
Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
- 5noun
Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- 6noun
Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
- 7noun
Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
- 8noun
Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
- 9noun
Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
- 10adjective
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
"with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
- 11adjective
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
"a rugged competitive examination"
"the rugged conditions of frontier life"
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- 12adjective
topographically very uneven
"broken terrain"
"rugged ground"
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- 13adjective
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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