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Tough

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Definitions for Tough

noun
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
Synonyms
street fighter
noun
an aggressive and violent young criminal
Synonyms
hood hoodlum goon punk thug toughie strong-armer
noun
a cruel and brutal fellow
Synonyms
bully hooligan ruffian roughneck rowdy yob yobo yobbo
adjective
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Examples
  1. a tough character
adjective
very difficult
Synonyms
rugged
Examples
  1. severely testing stamina or resolution
  2. a rugged competitive examination
  3. the rugged conditions of frontier life
  4. the competition was tough
  5. it's a tough life
  6. it was a tough job
adjective
physically toughened
Synonyms
toughened
Examples
  1. the tough bottoms of his feet
adjective
substantially made or constructed
Synonyms
sturdy
Examples
  1. sturdy steel shelves
  2. sturdy canvas
  3. a tough all-weather fabric
  4. some plastics are as tough as metal
adjective
violent and lawless
Synonyms
ruffianly
Examples
  1. the more ruffianly element
  2. tough street gangs
adjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Synonyms
bad
Examples
  1. my throat feels bad
  2. she felt bad all over
  3. he was feeling tough after a restless night
adjective
resistant to cutting or chewing
adjective
unfortunate or hard to bear
Synonyms
hard
Examples
  1. had hard luck
  2. a tough break
adjective
making great mental demands
Synonyms
baffling elusive knotty problematic problematical
Examples
  1. hard to comprehend or solve or believe
  2. a baffling problem
  3. I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
  4. a problematic situation at home

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