See rugged in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having a surface that is not smooth:
coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rough, scabrous, uneven. See smoothPhysically toughened so as to have great endurance:
hard, hard-bitten, hard-handed, hardy, tough. Idiom: hard as nails. See continue, strongViolently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:
dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calmMarked by vigorous physical exertion:
knockabout, rough, rough-and-tumble, strenuous, tough. See action
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