Antonyms for rugged
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ruhg-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌg ɪd |
Definition of rugged
Origin :- c.1300, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "vigorous, strong, robust" is American English, by 1848.
- We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. [Herbert Hoover, speech in New York, Oct. 22, 1928]
- Hoover said the phrase was not his own, and it is attested from 1897, though not in a patriotic context. Related: Ruggedly; ruggedness.
- adj bumpy, weathered
- adj severe, violent
- adj uncouth, crude
- adj difficult, rigorous
- adj big, strong
- "Old John will bide at home, sire," said the rugged soldier.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But the way was rugged, broken, and in spots nearly impassable.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- His voice sounded strangely soft from one so large and rugged.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- His rugged face was deeply lined, and I noticed a little gray in his hair.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Did Orpheus by his lay humanize the rugged beasts and teach the forests to listen?
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He is at present apt to be too rugged, and, in consequence, to lose size.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- He found something in the bronzed, rugged face that was unusually sardonic.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- But the path of learning is sometimes too rugged for their tender feet.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- He was breathing hard, and fear was writ large upon his rugged face.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- He composed his rugged features into the rude semblance of a smile.
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
Synonyms for rugged
- able-bodied
- arduous
- asperous
- athletic
- barbarous
- bitter
- blunt
- boorish
- brawny
- broken
- brutal
- churlish
- coarse
- craggy
- demanding
- difficult
- energetic
- exacting
- forceful
- formidable
- furrowed
- graceless
- hairy
- hale
- hard
- hardy
- harsh
- healthy
- heavy
- heavy sledding
- hilly
- husky
- ill-bred
- inclement
- indefatigable
- intemperate
- irregular
- jagged
- knotty
- laborious
- large order
- leathery
- loutish
- lumpy
- lusty
- mean
- mountainous
- murder
- muscular
- no picnic
- operose
- ragged
- rigorous
- robust
- rocky
- rough
- roughhewn
- rude
- scabrous
- scraggy
- stark
- stern
- stormy
- strenuous
- sturdy
- taxing
- tempestuous
- tough
- trying
- turbulent
- uncompromising
- uncultured
- uneven
- unflagging
- unlevel
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unsmooth
- uphill
- vigorous
- weather-beaten
- well-built
- worn
- wrinkled
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