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RUGGEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being difficult to do
Example:
the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail
Synonyms:
hardness; ruggedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ruggedness" is a kind of...):
difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)
Derivation:
rugged (very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being topologically uneven
Example:
the ruggedness of the mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ruggedness" is a kind of...):
unevenness; variability (the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruggedness"):
hilliness (the quality of being hilly)
Derivation:
rugged (topographically very uneven)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of being big and strong
Synonyms:
huskiness; ruggedness; toughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ruggedness" is a kind of...):
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Derivation:
rugged (sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring)
