ADJECTIVE | all | tough | not given to gentleness or sentimentality |
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all | tough, rugged | very difficult | |
all | tough, toughened | physically toughened | |
all | tough, sturdy | substantially made or constructed | |
all | tough, ruffianly | violent and lawless | |
all | tough, bad | feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad') | |
all | tough | resistant to cutting or chewing | |
all | tough, hard | unfortunate / unfortunate or hard to bear | |
all | tough, baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical | making great mental demands | |
NOUN | person | tough, street fighter | someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
person | tough, hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, toughie, strong-armer | an aggressive and violent young criminal | |
person | tough, bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | a cruel and brutal fellow |
Sounds | tah'f | |
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Rhymes | aleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf... |
Meaning | not given to gentleness or sentimentality. | |
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Example | "a tough character" | |
Narrower | hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious | tough and callous by virtue of experience |
tough-minded, unsentimental | facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination | |
See also | hard | dispassionate |
insensitive | Deficient in human sensibility | |
Opposite | tender | given to sympathy / sympathy / sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality |
Spanish | duro, severo |
Meaning | Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. | |
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Synonym | rugged | |
Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
Nouns | toughness | impressive difficulty |
Meaning | physically toughened. | |
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Example | "the tough bottoms of his feet" | |
Synonym | toughened | |
Narrower | calloused, callous, thickened | Having calluses |
enured, inured, hardened | made tough by habitual exposure | |
weather-beaten | tanned and coarsened from being outdoors | |
See also | experienced, experient | Having experience |
rugged | sturdy / sturdy and strong in constitution or construction | |
strong | Having strength or power greater than average or expected | |
Opposite | tender, untoughened | physically untoughened |
Spanish | duro, endurecido, resistente |
Meaning | substantially made or constructed. | |
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Synonym | sturdy | |
Broader | rugged | sturdy / sturdy and strong in constitution or construction |
Spanish | fornido, fuerte, resistente, robusto | |
Catalan | fornit, fort, resistent, robust | |
Adverbs | toughly | in a ruggedly tough / tough manner |
Meaning | Violent and lawless. | |
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Example | "tough street gangs" | |
Synonym | ruffianly | |
Broader | violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
Spanish | alborotador |
Meaning | Feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad'). | |
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Example | "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | |
Synonym | bad | |
Broader | uncomfortable | Providing or experiencing physical discomfort |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | mal |
Meaning | resistant to cutting or chewing. | |
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Narrower | cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery | Difficult to chew |
chewy | requiring much chewing | |
coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery | resembling or made to resemble leather | |
fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable | (of meat) full of sinews | |
hempen, fibrous | Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute | |
tough-skinned | Having a relatively tough outer covering | |
See also | inedible, uneatable | not suitable for food |
Opposite | tender | Easy to cut or chew |
Spanish | duro, resistente | |
Nouns | toughness | impressive difficulty |
Meaning | unfortunate / unfortunate or hard to bear. | |
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Example | "a tough break" | |
Synonym | hard | |
Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
Spanish | duro |
Meaning | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. | |
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Synonyms | baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical | |
Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
Spanish | desconcertante, espinoso, problemático | |
Catalan | problemàtic | |
Nouns | toughness | impressive difficulty |
Meaning | someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing. | |
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Synonym | street fighter | |
Broader | combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper | someone who fights (or is fighting) |
Meaning | An aggressive and violent young criminal. | |
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Synonyms | hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, toughie, strong-armer | |
Narrower | bully | A hired thug |
Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
Spanish | bandido, matón | |
Catalan | perdonavides |
Meaning | A cruel and brutal fellow. | |
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Synonyms | bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | |
Narrower | bullyboy | A swaggering tough |
muscleman, muscle | A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard | |
skinhead, skin | A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations | |
tough guy, plug-ugly | someone who bullies weaker people | |
Broader | attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter | someone who attacks |
Spanish | bullanguero, camorrista, gallito, gamberra, gamberro, gorila, hampón, hooligan, matachín, matasiete, matón, patotero, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufian, rufián, vándala, vándalo | |
Catalan | batusser, bergant, breguista, cercabregues, fanàtic, gall, gamberro, goril·la, matón, perdonavides, pinxo, rufià, vàndal |
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