Meaning & Definition of Rugged in English

1. Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction

• Enduring

• "With a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

2. Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• "Furrowed fields"

• "His furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

3. Topographically very uneven

• "Broken terrain"

• "Rugged ground"

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"