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What is the adjective for ruggedness?

What's the adjective for ruggedness? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs ruggedize and ruggedise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

rugged
  1. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
  2. Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
  3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
  4. (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
  5. (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
  6. (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed
  7. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
  8. (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear
  9. (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
  10. (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
  11. (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
  12. (computing) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. rough, uneven, jagged, irregular, ragged, bumpy, broken, coarse, rocky, lumpy, scraggy, craggy, pebbly, roughened, stony, pitted, unlevel, asperous, hilly, mountainous, scabrous, unsmooth, wrinkled, furrowed, precipitous, roughhewn, chiselled, chiseled, leathery, sharp, strong-featured, rough-textured, broken up, gritty, harsh, rutted, rough-hewn, rutty, unpolished, coarse-grained, steep, knobbly, unfinished, notched, indented, knobby, abrasive, scraggly, cragged, chapped … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “Due to Canada's rugged terrain and a severe climate, a good part of the remainder of the country is inhabited by only a few small communities.”
      “Pondering their choices, managers, rangers, and wildlife biologists decided that a public hunt could not remove enough of the herd, due to the rugged conditions of winter in Yellowstone.”
      “Those pusillanimous pussycats who may abhor contact sports have no right to deny rugged sports to those individuals who wish to accept the challenges and the inherent risks involved.”
rugged
  1. Having a rug or rugs.
  2. Covered with a rug.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. rough, uneven, jagged, irregular, ragged, bumpy, broken, coarse, rocky, lumpy, scraggy, craggy, pebbly, roughened, stony, pitted, unlevel, asperous, hilly, mountainous, scabrous, unsmooth, wrinkled, furrowed, precipitous, roughhewn, chiselled, chiseled, leathery, sharp, strong-featured, rough-textured, broken up, gritty, harsh, rutted, rough-hewn, rutty, unpolished, coarse-grained, steep, knobbly, unfinished, notched, indented, knobby, abrasive, scraggly, cragged, chapped … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Due to Canada's rugged terrain and a severe climate, a good part of the remainder of the country is inhabited by only a few small communities.”
      “Pondering their choices, managers, rangers, and wildlife biologists decided that a public hunt could not remove enough of the herd, due to the rugged conditions of winter in Yellowstone.”
      “Those pusillanimous pussycats who may abhor contact sports have no right to deny rugged sports to those individuals who wish to accept the challenges and the inherent risks involved.”
ruggedized
  1. Modified to be more rugged, and to withstand rough treatment
ruggeder
  1. comparative form of rugged: more rugged
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rougher, jaggeder, bumpier, coarser, rockier, lumpier, scraggier, craggier, pebblier, stonier, hillier, sharper, more uneven, more irregular, more ragged, more broken, more unlevel, more asperous, more mountainous, more scabrous, more wrinkled, more roughhewn, more chiselled, more chiseled, more leathery, knobblier, knobbier, grittier, harsher, more gnarled, knottier, more rutted, ruttier, more abrasive, more unpolished, more coarse-grained, steeper, more notched, more indented, scragglier, more nodose, more cragged, more nodular, more chapped, more knotted, jaggier, more twisted, holier, grainier, more nodulous … more
ruggedest
  1. superlative form of rugged: most rugged
  2. Synonyms:
      3. roughest, jaggedest, bumpiest, coarsest, rockiest, lumpiest, scraggiest, craggiest, pebbliest, stoniest, hilliest, sharpest, most uneven, most irregular, most ragged, most broken, most unlevel, most asperous, most mountainous, most scabrous, most wrinkled, most roughhewn, most chiselled, most chiseled, most leathery, knobbliest, knobbiest, grittiest, harshest, most gnarled, knottiest, most rutted, ruttiest, most abrasive, most unpolished, most coarse-grained, steepest, most notched, most indented, scraggliest, most nodose, most cragged, most nodular, most chapped, most knotted, jaggiest, most twisted, holiest, grainiest, most nodulous … more
ruggedizing
  1. present participle of ruggedize
ruggedised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ruggedise
  2. Synonyms:
      3. annealed, strengthened, hardened, toughened, steeled, indurated, tempered, thickened, galvanised, galvanized … more
ruggedising
  1. present participle of ruggedise
  2. Synonyms:
      3. annealing, strengthening, hardening, toughening, steeling, indurating, tempering, thickening, galvanising, galvanizing … more
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