Word Finder - rugged

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Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.

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Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.

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Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

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(of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.

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(of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.

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(of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed

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Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

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(of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear

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(of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled

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(of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous

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(of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy

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(of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.

The rest of the island is rugged and mountainous.

It wasn't his rugged good looks.

His eyes flashed silver, his rugged features covered in a few days' growth.

The land around it was rugged, with only a few fields in the midst of a vast forest.

His rugged features were unshaven, giving him the same barbaric appearance as those around him.

While the rugged and mountainous district of Calabria, extending nearly due south for a distance of more than 150 m., thus derives its character and configuration almost wholly from the range of the Apennines, the long spur-like promontory which projects towards the east to Brindisi and Otranto is merely a continuation of the low tract of Apulia, with a dry calcareous soil of Tertiary origin.

A good brisk walk up a steep rugged trail would leave him too exhausted to make advances.

Southern Italy indeed has in general a very different climate from the northern portion of the kingdom; and, though large tracts are still occupied by rugged mountains of sufficient elevation to retain the snow for a considerable part of the year, the districts adjoining the sea enjoy a climate similar to that of Greece and the southern provinces of Spain.

The cones, produced in great abundance, are short and oval in shape, the scales with rugged indented edges; they are deep purple when young, but become brown as they ripen.

The city, frequently called the "Damascus of the North," spreads over a narrow valley, closed on the east by a semicircle of rugged hills.

This range is the water-parting for nearly all the westward-flowing streams of the state, and is by far the steepest and most rugged within Nevada, a number of its peaks attaining a height of 11,000 or 12,000 ft.

His features were too rugged to be described with such a word.

It was rugged country back there - full of wild plumbs, too.

The only plain in the rugged little country was the White Plain, in which was situated the only important town, Megara.

The iron-bark of the eastern coast uplands is well known (Eucalyptus sideroxylon), and is so called from the hardness of the wood, the bark not being remarkable except for its rugged and blackened aspect.

South of Palestrina again, the main mass of the Apennines throws off another lateral mass, known in ancient times as the Volscian mountains (now called the Monti Lepini), separated from the central ranges by the broad valley of the Sacco, a tributary of the Liri (Liris) or Garigliano, and forming a large and rugged mountain mass, nearly 5000 ft.

The northern portion is hilly, and is crossed by a rugged range, the Wickham Heights, running east and west, and rising in some places to a height of nearly 2000 ft.

He paused to look at himself, studying his rugged features and swirling gold eyes.

His face was more handsome than she remembered, more rugged with a two days' growth covering his neck and jaw.

The surrounding heights, though rugged and barren, produce some of the finest Servian tobacco.

The harbour is good and is enclosed at the south by several rugged islands, the largest being Perico and Flamenco (belonging to the United States) and Taboga (935 ft.), which is a place of country residence for wealthy citizens.

Oldham's verse is rugged, and his rhymes often defective, but he met with a generous appreciation from Dryden, whose own satiric bent was perhaps influenced by his efforts.

His silver eyes were molten, his rugged jaw line shaded by two days. growth.

Jessi studied Xander's body once more, forced to admit that the man had the perfect combination of rugged beauty and flawless form.

The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political and economic differences between the two sections of the state.

The Crati, which flows from Cosenza northwards, and then turns abruptly eastward to enter the same gulf, is the only stream worthy of notice in the rugged peninsula of Calabria; while the arid limestone hills projecting eastwards to Capo di Leuca do not give rise to anything more than a mere streamlet, from the mouth of the Ofanto to the south-eastern extremity of Italy.

Many of the neighbouring mountain ridges have uniform crests, but a greater number terminate in numerous peaks, some sharp, rugged and rocky, but more of them rounded domes.

Between the Russian Pamirs and Chinese Turkestan the rugged line of the Sarikol range intervenes, the actual dividing line being still indefinite.

The disturbances among the underlying rocks of Ohio have been slight, and originally the surface was a plain only slightly undulating; stream dissection changed the region to one of numberless hills and valleys; glacial drift then filled up the valleys over large broken areas, forming the remarkably level till plains of northwestern Ohio; but at the same time other areas were broken by the uneven distribution of the drift, and south-eastern Ohio, which was unglaciated, retains its rugged hilly character, gradually merging with the typical plateau country farther S.E.

With a low brow and piercing gaze, gravelly voice, a perfectly sculpted body and rugged features, Gabriel was the sexiest man she'd ever seen.

Of course, Josh was as good looking, if not better looking in a rugged kind of way.

Still, it was wild and rugged.

His strong profile was masculine without being rugged, and a healthy olive tan suggested an outdoor hobby.

Its safety also was secured by the barrier of rugged mountains (7000 to 8000 ft.) which separates its district from the rest of Asia Minor.

Central Albania differs from the northern and southern regions in the more undulating and less rugged character of its surface; it contains considerable lowland tracts, such as the wide and fertile plain of Musseki, traversed by the river Simen.

Southern Albania, again, is almost wholly mountainous, with the exception of the plains of Iannina and Arta; the most noteworthy feature is the rugged range of the Tchika, or Khimara mountains, which skirt the sea-coast from south-west to northeast, terminating in the lofty promontory of Glossa (ancient Acroceraunia).

From its rugged silvery bark and dark-green foliage, it is a handsome tree, quite hardy in Cornwall and Devonshire, where it has grown to a large size.

It is noticeable that the patriotic spirit is strongest in those places where people are brought most intimately into relation with the land; dwellers in the mountain or by the sea, and, above all, the people of rugged coasts and mountainous archipelagoes, have always been renowned for love of country, while the inhabitants of fertile plains and trading communities are frequently less strongly attached to their own land.

The northern section is more broken and rugged; barren ridges and low rocky mountain-ranges, interspersed with fertile valleys, being its characteristic features.

The Egri-dagh possesses a sharply defined crest, ranges at a general elevation of 8000 ft., is bare of timber, scantily supplied with water, and rugged and deeply fissured.

Five well-contrasted types of scenery in Derbyshire are clearly traceable to as many varieties of rock; the bleak dry uplands of the north and east, with deep-cut ravines and swift clear streams, are due to the great mass of Mountain Limestone; round the limestone boundary are the valleys with soft outlines in the Pendleside Shales; these are succeeded by the rugged moorlands, covered with heather and peat, which are due to the Millstone Grit series; eastward lies the Derbyshire Coalfield with its gently moulded grasscovered hills; southward is the more level tract of red Triassic rocks.

The territory consists of rugged hills rising to 1600 ft.

The east and south-east portions are in general undulating or level, the central hilly and broken, and the west rugged and mountainous.

Cape Ann has a rugged interior and a ragged, rocky coast.

The scanty ruins of a castle are built partly on the mainland, partly on a rugged promontory spoken of as the Island, but united by a narrow peninsula to the shore.

Owing to the rugged character of the coast and its numerous ravines and caves the whole district was once infested with smugglers.

In addition to the jogging trails and fishing opportunities, rugged hiking trails are also located nearby.

The surrounding mountains are lofty and rugged.

Basutoland, or Lesuto (Lesotho) as the natives call it, forms the south-eastern edge of the interior tableland of South Africa, and has a rugged and broken surface with a mean elevation of 6000 ft.

The highest strata (Volcanic group) form the rugged elevated spurs of the Drakensburg mountains which extend along the eastern territorial boundary.