What is the meaning of rugged?

adjective

  • Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring.
    • usage: "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
  • Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface.
    • usage: "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
  • Topographically very uneven.
    • usage: "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
  • Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution.
    • usage: "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
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