rugged /rugˈid/

1. Rough
2. Uneven
3. Uncouth
4. Involving physical hardship
5. (of facial features) giving an appearance of strength or suggesting experience of (esp physical) hardships
6. Sturdy and rough
7. Massively irregular
8. Robust, vigorous
9. Stormy (now US)

ruggedīzāˈtion or ruggedīsāˈtion noun

ruggˈedize or ruggˈedise transitive verb

1. To make rugged
2. To make so as to withstand rough handling

ruggˈedly adverb

• hard-ferns
• hard-fisted
• hard-fought
• hard going
• hard-got
• hard-gotten
• hard-grained
• hardgrass
• hardgrasses
• hardhack
• hardhacks
• hard-handed
• hard hat
• hard hats
• hardhead
• hard-headed
• hardheads
• hard-hearted
• hard-heartedly
• hard-heartedness
• hard hit
• hard-hit
• hard-hitting
• hard house
• hardier