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English Dictionary: tough |
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2 results for tough |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- tough
- adj
- not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough
character"
Antonym(s): tender
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
Synonym(s): rugged, tough
- physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
Synonym(s): tough, toughened Antonym(s): tender, untoughened
- substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
Synonym(s): sturdy, tough
- violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"
Synonym(s): ruffianly, tough
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
Synonym(s): bad, tough
- resistant to cutting or chewing
Antonym(s): tender
- unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
Synonym(s): hard, tough
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
Synonym(s): baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
- n
- someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than
being formally trained in the sport of boxing
Synonym(s): street fighter, tough
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
Synonym(s): hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
- a cruel and brutal fellow
Synonym(s): bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. {Tougher}; superl. {Toughest}.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[omac]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau,
OHG. z[amac]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to,
close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness;
yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting
great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough. [bd]Tough roots and stubs. [b8] --Milton.
2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough
to the last, and with no toil to tire. --Dryden.
The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] [bd] A tough
debate. [b8] --Fuller.
{To make it tough}, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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