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ruggedness

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rug·ged  (rgd)
adj.
1. Having a rough irregular surface. See Synonyms at rough.
2. Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles: the rugged face of the old sailor.
3. Having a sturdy build or strong constitution: a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness.
4. Tempestuous; stormy: the rugged weather of the North Atlantic.
5. Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance: the rugged conditions of barracks life.
6. Lacking culture or polish; coarse and rude: rugged manners and ribald wit.

[Middle English, shaggy, of Scandinavian origin.]

rugged·ly adv.
rugged·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ruggedness - the property of being big and strongruggedness - the property of being big and strong
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
2.ruggedness - the quality of being topologically uneven; "the ruggedness of the mountains"
unevenness, variability - the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
hilliness - the quality of being hilly; "the hilliness of West Virginia"
3.ruggedness - the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
Translations
ruggedness [ˈrʌgɪdnɪs] N [of terrain] → lo accidentado, lo escabroso; [of coastline] → lo escarpado; [of features] → dureza f; [of character] (= toughness) → aspereza f; (= lack of refinement) → tosquedad f, rudeza f; [of conditions] → dureza f; [of machine, clothing, construction] → resistencia f
ruggedness
n
(= roughness, unevenness)Rauheit f; (of country, landscape also)Wildheit f; (of ground)Felsigkeit f; the ruggedness of the cliffsdie zerklüfteten Klippen
(= tough appearance: of man, face, features) → Markigkeit f
ruggedness [ˈrʌgɪdnɪs] n (of terrain, coastline, mountain) → asprezza, asperità; (of character) → rudezza; (of features) the ruggedness of his facei lineamenti marcati del suo volto


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And if at times these things bent the welded iron of his soul, much more did his far-away domestic memories of his young Cape wife and child, tend to bend him still more from the original ruggedness of his nature, and open him still further to those latent influences which, in some honest-hearted men, restrain the gush of dare-devil daring, so often evinced by others in the more perilous vicissitudes of the fishery.
It led them over rough hills, and through broken gullies, during which time they suffered great fatigue from the ruggedness of the country.
She had waited longer than she knew, and now that she found herself belated in the snow-hidden ruggedness of the long lanes, even the animation of a vindictive purpose could not keep her spirit from failing.
 
 
 
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