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Adjective rugged has 4 senses
- rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
Antonyms: delicate, dainty, exquisite, ethereal, gossamer, fragile, half-hardy, light-handed, overdelicate, pastel, subtle, tender
- broken, rugged - topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
Antonym: smooth (indirect, via rough)
- craggy, rugged - rocky and steep
Antonyms: beachy, beachlike (indirect, via cliffy)
- rugged, tough - 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"
Antonym: easy (indirect, via difficult)
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