Ruggedness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the property of being big and strong

the quality of being topologically uneven

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈʌɡᵻdnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈʌɡɪdnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈʌɡɪdnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹˈʌɡᵻdnəs/.

Examples

the ruggedness of the mountains
he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness
the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

toughness huskiness hardness

Parts of Speech

noun	the property of being big and strong
noun	the quality of being topologically uneven “the ruggedness of the mountains”
noun	the quality of being difficult to do “he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness”

Word Forms

husky	adjective	muscular and heavily built
rugged	adjective	sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
hard	adjective	not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Robustheit

die Eigenschaft, groß und stark zu sein

🇫🇷French

rugosité

la propriété d'être grand et fort

🇪🇸Spanish

robustez

la propiedad de ser grande y fuerte

🇮🇹Italian

robustezza

la proprietà di essere grande e forte

🇳🇱Dutch

robuustheid

de eigenschap groot en sterk te zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

robustez

a propriedade de ser grande e forte

🇷🇺Russian

прочность

свойство быть большим и сильным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असभ्यता

बड़ा और मजबूत होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

রুক্ষতা

বড় এবং শক্তিশালী হওয়ার সম্পত্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

முரட்டுத்தனம்

பெரிய மற்றும் வலிமையான சொத்து

🇮🇳Telugu

మొరటుతనం

పెద్ద మరియు బలంగా ఉండే ఆస్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

खडबडीतपणा

मोठे आणि मजबूत असण्याची मालमत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

કઠોરતા

મોટી અને મજબૂત હોવાની મિલકત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒರಟುತನ

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮತ್ತು ಬಲವಾದ ಆಸ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരുഷത

വലുതും ശക്തവുമായതിൻ്റെ സ്വത്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਠੋਰਤਾ

ਵੱਡੇ ਅਤੇ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناہمواری

بڑے اور مضبوط ہونے کی خاصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

坚固性

大而强的属性

🇯🇵Japanese

凹凸

大きくて強いという性質

🇰🇷Korean

견고함

크고 강하다는 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gồ ghề

đặc tính của sự to lớn và mạnh mẽ

🇹🇭Thai

ความทนทาน

มีคุณสมบัติเป็นใหญ่และแข็งแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekasaran

sifat menjadi besar dan kuat

🇵🇭Filipino

kagaspangan

ang pag-aari ng pagiging malaki at malakas

🇲🇾Malay

kekasaran

harta menjadi besar dan kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غلظة

خاصية كونها كبيرة وقوية

🇮🇷Persian

ناهمواری

خاصیت بزرگ و قوی بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

sağlamlık

büyük ve güçlü olma özelliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

קשיחות

התכונה להיות גדול וחזק

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