rugged (adj.)
- abstruse
- adamantine
- arduous
- astringent
- austere
- authoritarian
- beefy
- bitter
- bold
- bouncing
- brawny
- broken
- brutal
- bulky
- bumpy
- burdensome
- burly
- churlish
- clownish
- complex
- corrugated
- cragged
- craggy
- creased
- crimpy
- crinkled
- crinkly
- critical
- crude
- crumpled
- delicate
- demanding
- dense
- difficult
- dour
- dry
- durable
- enduring
- exacting
- exigent
- firm
- flush
- forceful
- forcible
- formidable
- full-blooded
- full-strength
- furrowed
- grating
- gravelly
- grim
- gutsy
- hairy
- hale
- hard
- hard-fought
- hardy
- harsh
- hearty
- heavy
- hefty
- hoarse
- husky
- ill-bred
- inclement
- independent
- individualistic
- intemperate
- intricate
- irregular
- jagged
- jaggy
- jarring
- knitted
- knotted
- knotty
- laborious
- lasting
- loutish
- lubberly
- lumpish
- lusty
- massive
- mean
- meticulous
- mighty
- muscular
- nervy
- obstinate
- onerous
- operose
- pitted
- potent
- powerful
- puissant
- pursy
- ragged
- rasping
- raucous
- red-blooded
- ridged
- rigorous
- rippled
- robust
- robustious
- rockbound
- rocky
- rough
- rough-and-ready
- rude
- rugose
- rumpled
- saw-toothed
- scabrous
- scraggly
- scraggy
- self-confident
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- serrate
- serrated
- severe
- solid
- sound
- spiny
- stable
- stalwart
- steady
- steely
- steep
- stern
- stony
- stout
- strapping
- strenuous
- strict
- stringent
- strong
- strong-willed
- sturdy
- thorny
- ticklish
- toilsome
- tough
- tricky
- uncivilized
- uncouth
- uncultured
- uneven
- ungentle
- ungraceful
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unsmooth
- unsparing
- unyielding
- uphill
- vigorous
- vital
- well-founded
- well-grounded
- well-made
- wicked
- wrinkled
- wrinkly
Wit will shine
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
What man dare, I dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger,—
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble.
