Usually means: Durable and tough under stress.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word rugged:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. rugged: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rugged: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rugged: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rugged: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rugged: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rugged, rugged: Wordnik
  7. rugged: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rugged: Wiktionary
  9. rugged: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rugged: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rugged: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rugged, rugged: Dictionary.com
  13. rugged: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. rugged: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Rugged: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rugged: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rugged: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rugged: Rhymezone
  19. rugged: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rugged: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. RUGGED: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. rugged: Free Dictionary
  23. rugged: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. rugged: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. rugged: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rugged: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rugged: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rugged: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rugged: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ruggedly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
adjective:  Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
adjective:  Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.
adjective:  (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
adjective:  (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
adjective:  (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard
adjective:  (of weather) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous
adjective:  (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking
adjective:  (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
adjective:  (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
adjective:  (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
adjective:  (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
adjective:  Having a rug or rugs.
adjective:  Covered with a rug.

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    rust,     olive,     charcoal,     khaki,     taupe,     burnt umber,     forest green,     mustard,     sienna,     mahogany



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    rust,     olive,     charcoal,     khaki,     taupe,     burnt umber,     forest green,     mustard,     sienna,     mahogany



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