TOUGH
/tÊŒf/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- 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.
- adjective very difficult.
— synonyms: rugged
- adjective physically toughened.
— synonyms: toughened
- adjective substantially made or constructed.
— synonyms: sturdy
- adjective violent and lawless.
— synonyms: ruffianly
- adjective feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad').
— synonyms: bad
- adjective resistant to cutting or chewing.
- adjective unfortunate or hard to bear.
— synonyms: hard
- adjective making great mental demands.
— synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical
Examples
- “They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition.”
- “The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.”
- “To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.”
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