tough
nouns
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
an aggressive and violent young criminal
adjectives
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
"a tough character"
antonym
is similar to
facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination
see also
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
"insensitive to the needs of the patients"
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"
is derived from
substantially made or constructed
"sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
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"
resistant to cutting or chewing
is similar to
resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
is similar to
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
is similar to
having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
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"
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