RUGGED

• (adj.) sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

  "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

• (adj.) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

  "furrowed fields", "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

  synonyms : furrowed

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : tough

• (adj.) topographically very uneven

  "broken terrain", "rugged ground"

  synonyms : broken

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