Added 9 October 2026 ruggedness noun Categories: Describing WordsRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about ruggedness at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The property of being big and strong. The quality of being topologically uneven. the ruggedness of the mountains The quality of being difficult to do. he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness Related Words: toughnesshuskinessrusticityrugosityrusticnessroughnessruralismrockinesscraggednessrusticalnessrusticalityruffliness Back to today's word