RUGGEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruggedness mean? 

• RUGGEDNESS (noun)
  The noun RUGGEDNESS has 3 senses:

1. the property of being big and strong

2. the quality of being topologically uneven

3. the quality of being difficult to do

  Familiarity information: RUGGEDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUGGEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being big and strong

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

huskiness; ruggedness; toughness

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being topologically uneven

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the ruggedness of the mountains

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 quality of being difficult to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hardness; ruggedness

Context example:

the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail

Hypernyms ("ruggedness" is a kind of...):

difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)

Derivation:

rugged (very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution)

 Context examples 

Covered with ice, it was only to be distinguished from land by its superior wildness and ruggedness.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)