Rugged - Definition

adj 1: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction;
enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have
rugged furniture" [ant: delicate]
2: having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or
wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed
face lit by a warming smile" [syn: furrowed, rugged]
[ant: unfurrowed]
3: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
ground" [syn: broken, rugged]
4: 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: rugged, tough]