sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture'

having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; furrowed fields; his furrowed face lit by a warming smile

[ Syn: furrowed ]

topographically very uneven; broken terrain; rugged ground

[ Syn: broken ]

very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; a rugged competitive examination; the rugged conditions of frontier life; the competition was tough; its a tough life; it was a tough job

[ Syn: tough ]