rugged

adj

1.(of terrain or other surfaces) rough, uneven, heavily wooded, dense, overgrown, bushy; pathless, trackless, impregnable, impassible; steep, rocky, rockstrewn, stony, full of obstacles, unassailable; anfractuous, tortuous; craggy, cragged, jagged, craggy, roughly broken, ragged, bumpy, unlevel, scabrous; stark, sheer, sharp, headlong, precipitous; furrowed, irregular, seamed, wrinkled, weathered, weather-beaten, seasoned; crabbed, gnarled, leathery, corrugated.

2. uncouth, unpolished, blunt, churlish; unruly, unmanagable, unrefined, barbarous.

3. harsh, severe, stern, gruff, dour; unbending, unmalleable, intractile, unyielding, firm; austere, stringent, demanding, strict; challenging, Spartan, exacting; difficult, hard, thorny, arduous, rigorous, onerous, uphill, strenuous, draining.

4. stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, wild, violent, raging; cruel, cutting, piercing, biting, fierce, pitiless, ruthless, savage.

5. strong, tough, hardy, robust, vigorous, hearty, hale, stalwart, sound; stout, substantial, solid, husky, brawny, steely, muscular, mighty, tough as leather, strong as a lion, solid, beefy, burly, lusty; sturdy, staunch, able-bodied, fit; wiry, sinewy, well-knit; hard-working, Inf. gritty