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adjective

1. Having a surface that is not smooth: coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rough, scabrous, uneven. See smooth/rough.
2. Physically toughened so as to have great endurance: hard, hard-bitten, hard-handed, hardy, tough. Idioms: hard as nails. See continue/stop/pause, strong/weak.
3. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.
4. Marked by vigorous physical exertion: knockabout, rough, rough-and-tumble, strenuous, tough. See action/inaction.

adj

Definition: big, strong
Antonyms: flimsy, fragile, small, tiny, weak

adj

Definition: bumpy, weathered
Antonyms: even, flat, level, smooth

adj

Definition: difficult, rigorous
Antonyms: easy, facile

adj

Definition: severe, violent
Antonyms: calm, delicate, gentle, mild, moderate

adj

Definition: uncouth, crude
Antonyms: courteous, nice, refined, sophisticated

For a list of words related to rugged, see:

• Healthy, fit, bright, or strong
• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy
• Strong, Bold, or Tough

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ru, vild, forreven, ujævn, barsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
ruw, sterk, bergachtig

Français (French)
adj. - accidenté, déchiqueté, en dents de scie, rude, coriace, acharné, solide

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rauh, zerklüftet, zerfurcht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδρός, τραχύς, άγριος, αυλακωμένος (για πρόσωπο), τραχύς αλλά καλόκαρδος, πετρώδης, βραχώδης

Italiano (Italian)
scabro, forte

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - áspero, irregular, acidentado

Русский (Russian)
грубый, крепкий, неровный, тяжелый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - accidentado, desigual, rugoso, tosco, basto, fuerte, robusto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skrovlig, barsk, härdad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高低不平的, 粗糙的, 崎岖的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 高低不平的, 粗糙的, 崎嶇的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 땅이 울퉁불퉁한 , 바위투성이의, 주름진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - でこぼこのある, ざらざらした, いかつい, ぶかっこうな, 荒れる, 耳ざわりな, 洗練されない, 粗野な, 厳しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاصف, رعد, متجعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסולע, קשוח, חרוש-קמטים, מחוספס, גס, מוצק, קשה, מטורש, מקפיד, מחמיר‬

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