Thesaurus / rugged
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The best mittens, though, can help your hands survive rugged winter activities.
BEST MITTENS: KEEP YOUR HANDS COZYPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 8, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEEighteen miles of rugged, mostly oceanside trails are the draw.
THE ULTIMATE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK TRAVEL GUIDEVIRGINIA M. WRIGHTFEBRUARY 8, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAnother recent paper found that cougars in the mountains north of Santa Cruz spend similar amounts of energy avoiding humans as they do navigating the rugged landscape, and that avoiding humans is a primary limit on a cougar’s range.
A NEW MAPPING METHOD COULD HELP HUMANS AND WILDLIFE COEXISTPHILIP KIEFERFEBRUARY 4, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThat often means a one-dribble pull-up at the elbow or a rugged right-handed drive toward the baseline that ends in his patented fadeaway.
IF KAWHI TURNS HIS BACK TO THE BASKET, WATCH OUTMICHAEL PINASEPTEMBER 3, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe rugged cabin includes lots of hard plastic surfaces, which are easy to wipe clean in this age of coronavirus.
VEHICLES TO RIDE OUT A PANDEMICJOE PHILLIPSAUGUST 22, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEA rugged 6-foot-1 New Jersey product, Hines-Allen can stay with bigger centers, while her lateral quickness allows her to shift down and guard small forwards in bigger Washington lineups.
THESE 3 BREAKOUT STARS ARE MAKING THE MOST OF THE WNBA BUBBLEHOWARD MEGDALAUGUST 14, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTResearchers will then analyze the vapor to help figure out what the rocks are made of, without having to drive the rover down steep slopes or up rugged crags.
NASA’S PERSEVERANCE ROVER WILL SEEK SIGNS OF PAST LIFE ON MARSLISA GROSSMANJULY 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWSCertainly there are no five miles equal in rugged grandeur to those beginning just below and ending above West Point.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYThey crossed the bridge and rode up the gently rising, bare, and rugged ground towards Condillac.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIRipperda roused himself from his portentous trance, and arrayed his noble figure in the rugged habiliments of the muleteer.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERWORDS RELATED TO RUGGED
- brawny
- cohesive
- conditioned
- dense
- durable
- fibrous
- firm
- fit
- flinty
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hardened
- hardy
- healthy
- indigestible
- inflexible
- leathery
- lusty
- mighty
- molded
- resilient
- resistant
- rigid
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- sinewy
- solid
- stalwart
- steeled
- stiff
- stout
- strapping
- tenacious
- tight
- tough as nails
- unbreakable
- unyielding
- vigorous
- withstanding
- agitated
- bitter
- blustering
- blustery
- boiling
- bumpy
- choppy
- coarse
- confused
- destructive
- disordered
- disturbed
- fierce
- foaming
- furious
- howling
- inclement
- moiling
- noisy
- restless
- riotous
- roaring
- rough
- ruffled
- rugged
- stirred up
- stormful
- storming
- stormy
- swirling
- tempestuous
- thunderous
- tremulous
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unstable
- violent
- wild
- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- boorish
- brutish
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disrespectful
- gross
- ill-bred
- impertinent
- impolite
- loutish
- mannerless
- outrageous
- philistine
- primitive
- rude
- rugged
- savage
- unconscionable
- uncontrolled
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uneducated
- ungodly
- unholy
- unmannered
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- vulgar
- wicked
- asperous
- asymmetrical
- broken
- bumpy
- changeable
- craggy
- differing
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- fitful
- fluctuating
- harsh
- ill-matched
- intermittent
- irregular
- jagged
- jerky
- leftover
- lopsided
- nonsymmetrical
- not flat
- not level
- not parallel
- notched
- odd
- off-balance
- one-sided
- overbalanced
- patchy
- remaining
- rough
- rugged
- scabrous
- scraggy
- serrate
- spasmodic
- spotty
- unbalanced
- unequal
- unfair
- unlevel
- unsmooth
- unsteady
- unsymmetrical
- variable
- active
- athletic
- ball of fire
- bouncing
- brisk
- dashing
- driving
- dynamic
- effective
- efficient
- enterprising
- exuberant
- flourishing
- forceful
- forcible
- hale
- hard-driving
- hardy
- healthy
- hearty
- intense
- lively
- lusty
- mettlesome
- peppy
- persuasive
- potent
- red-blooded
- robust
- rugged
- snappy
- sound
- spanking
- spirited
- steamroller
- strapping
- strenuous
- strong
- strong as an ox
- sturdy
- take-charge
- takeover
- tough
- vital
- zealous
- zippy
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