TOUGH
Scrabble letter values: T1O1U1G2H4 = 9
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
- “a tough character”
- “severely testing stamina or resolution”
- “a rugged competitive examination”