rugged
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(a) sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture
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(a) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
- furrowed fields
- his furrowed face lit by a warming smile
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(s) topographically very uneven
- broken terrain
- rugged ground
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(s) 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