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tough
[tuhf]
adjective
strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:not brittle or tender.
difficult to masticate, as food.
a tough steak.
of viscous consistency, as liquid or semiliquid matter.
tough molasses.
capable of great endurance; sturdy; hardy.
tough troops.
Synonyms:Antonyms: ,not easily influenced, as a person; unyielding; stubborn.
a tough man to work for.
Synonyms:hardened; incorrigible.
a tough criminal.
difficult to perform, accomplish, or deal with; hard, trying, or troublesome.
a tough problem.
hard to bear or endure (often used ironically).
tough luck.
vigorous; severe; violent.
a tough struggle.
vicious; rough; rowdyish.
a tough character;
a tough neighborhood.
practical, realistic, and lacking in sentimentality; tough-minded.
Slang.remarkably excellent; first-rate; great.
adverb
in a tough manner.
noun
a ruffian; rowdy.
tough
/ ʌ /
adjective
strong or resilient; durable
a tough material
not tender
he could not eat the tough steak
having a great capacity for endurance; hardy and fit
a tough mountaineer
rough or pugnacious
a tough gangster
resolute or intractable
a tough employer
difficult or troublesome to do or deal with
a tough problem
informalunfortunate or unlucky
it's tough on him
noun
a rough, vicious, or pugnacious person
adverb
informalviolently, aggressively, or intractably
to treat someone tough
informalto be or appear to be strong or determined
verb
slang(tr) to stand firm, hold out against (a difficulty or difficult situation) (esp in tough it out )
Other 51Թ Forms
- toughly adverb
- toughness noun
- supertough adjective
- untough adjective
- untoughly adverb
- untoughness noun
- ˈٴdzܲ adjective
- ˈٴdzܲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tough1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tough1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Norris said it was "tough to say" whether this had improved the feeling coming from the car.
The tough choice was the tyres and I think we chose the right ones.
"To get the mindset right when you qualify early as we did is quite tough," he said.
“It struggles because L.A. is an expensive place to do business ... and apparel is a really tough business to be in in the United States.”
Sometimes I find it tougher than others and it just depends how you feel and how the weather is, because the hotter it is the harder it is.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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