Meaning : Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction. Enduring.
Example :
With a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture.
Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing. Susceptible to injury.
A delicate violin passage.Meaning : Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface.
Example :
Furrowed fields.
His furrowed face lit by a warming smile.
Synonyms : furrowed
Meaning : Very difficult. Severely testing stamina or resolution.
Example :
A rugged competitive examination.
The rugged conditions of frontier life.
The competition was tough.
It's a tough life.
It was a tough job.
Synonyms : tough