RUGGEDNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

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)