What Does Ruggedly Handsome Mean

I usually say it half joking as an attempt to make a compliment overtly masculine.

What does ruggedly handsome mean.

Think of a lumberjack or a builder. Cant think of anyone off hand from a movie role its a hard look to pull off but it suits certain people. Ruggedly like rough and manly around the edges. When said seriously i always assumed it meant handsome in a cowboy lumberjack mountain man outdoorsy and tough kind of way.

A man who is ruggedly handsome is someone who isn t afraid to get his hands dirty usually accustomed to physical labor cowboy lumberjack etc. Take it as a compliment. But ruggedly handsome would be appealing for some women liking a boy that is rough and ready. As in you are so cuuute.

Ruggedly handsome would be like unkept hair 5 o clock shadow jeans tshirt well built deep voice good looking face etc. Definition of ruggedly handsome handsome in a very manly masculine way. I mean strapping and ruggedly handsome.