Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road. 2. (n.) Not neat or regular; uneven. 3. (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. 4. (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. 5. (n.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. 6. (n.) Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like. 7. (n.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. 8. (n.) Violent; rude; boisterous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc. 9. (n.) Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.

Multi-Version Concordance Rugged (7 Occurrences) Luke 3:5 Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down, the crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ways into smooth; (WEY) Psalms 68:15 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. (WEB NIV) Psalms 68:16 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever. (WEB NIV) Song of Songs 2:17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether. (See RSV NIV) Isaiah 7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures. (See JPS) Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain: (See JPS NAS NIV) Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them. (See JPS NAS)