rugged.
Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
Meaning & usage
Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.
Strong, sturdy, well-built.
Rocky and bare of plantlife.
Harsh; austere; hard
Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous
Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking
Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
Violent; rude; boisterous
Vigorous; robust; hardy
Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rugged, roggyd, ruggyd, derived from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft, shagginess”), equivalent to rug (“rough, woollen material”) + -ed. Compare Old Swedish ruggoter (“wrinkled”), Swedish rugga (“to roughen”), Swedish ruggig (“shaggy”), Icelandic rögg (“shagginess”), Old Norse raggaðr (“tufted”), dialectal Danish raggad (“shaggy”).
Having a rug or rugs.
Covered with a rug.
Please put sharp objects on the rugged shelf.
Where this word comes from
From rug + -ed.
simple past and past participle of rug
Where this word comes from
From rug + -ed.
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