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rugged

 
Adjective rugged has 4 senses
  1. 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
  2. broken, rugged - topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
    Antonym: smooth (indirect, via rough)
  3. craggy, rugged - rocky and steep
    Antonyms: beachy, beachlike (indirect, via cliffy)
  4. 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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