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Adjectives (5)
rugged
adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
craggy
adj. rocky and steep
broken
adj. topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
iron, cast-iron
adj. extremely robust; "an iron constitution"
Fuzzynyms (48)
hefty, muscular, powerful, brawny
adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
knockout, severe, hard
adj. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
husky, vigorous, strong, beefy, burly, buirdly, strapping
adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"
robust
adj. strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"
stout, stalwart, hardy, sturdy
adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"
vigorous, forceful, muscular
adj. having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"
difficult, hard
adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
uneven
adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
coarse
adj. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
artless, uncultivated, uncultured
adj. (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
unrefined
adj. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
asymmetrical, asymmetric
adj. characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
one-sided, ill-proportioned, lopsided
adj. having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
knotted, knotty, gnarled, gnarly
adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
healthy
adj. having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
Synonyms (94)
strong
adj. having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
tough, toughened
adj. physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
steep, precipitous
adj. characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"
rocky, rock-ribbed, rockbound
adj. abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine"
abrasive, scratchy
adj. causing abrasion
cracked, alligatored
adj. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
barky
adj. resembling the rough bark of a tree; "the rattlesnake's barky scales"
bullate
adj. of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered
jarring, bumpy, jolting, jolty
adj. covered with or full of bumps; "a bumpy country road"
cracked, chapped, roughened
adj. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"
coarse
adj. "coarse skin"; "coarse woolens"
twill, pique, corded, twilled
adj. of textiles; having parallel raised lines
corduroy
adj. made of corduroy fabric
corduroy, log
adj. (of roads) made of logs laid down crosswise: "a corduroy road"
corrugated
adj. shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated"
ribbed, costate
adj. (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
craggy, mountainous, cragged, hilly
adj. having hills and crags; "hilly terrain"
crude, rude
adj. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
crushed
adj. treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"
lined, furrowed, seamed
adj. (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face"
grooved, canaliculate
adj. having thin parallel channels; "canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants"
homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy
adj. of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
imbricate, imbricated
adj. used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
scaly, scabrous, leprose, scabby, scurfy
adj. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
pocked, potholed, pot-holed
adj. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits
wrinkled, puckered, wrinkly
adj. marked with wrinkles or furrows; "her ancient wrinkled cheeks"
rocky, stony, bouldery, bouldered
adj. abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
roughish
adj. somewhat rough
rugose
adj. of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
rutted, rutty
adj. full of ruts; "rutty farm roads"
textured, rough-textured
adj. having surface roughness; "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed"
unsmooth
adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
verrucose, warty
adj. (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
husky, vigorous, strong, beefy, burly, buirdly, strapping
adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"
big-boned
adj. having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
chesty, big-chested
adj. marked by a large or well-developed chest; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
big-shouldered, broad-shouldered, square-shouldered
adj. having broad shoulders; "big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
stout, stalwart, hardy, sturdy
adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"
heavy-armed
adj. having massive arms; "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
square-built
adj. broad and solidly built
Antonyms (5)
delicate
adj. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
frail, fragile
adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
smooth
adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
frail
adj. physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
rugged
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