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(adjective) tough to cut or chew |
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Antonyms: tender |
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(adjective) physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" |
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Synonyms: toughened |
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Antonyms: tender |
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(adjective) not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character" |
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Antonyms: tender |
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(satellite adjective) feeling physical discomfort or pain; "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in "he was feeling tough after a restless night") |
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Synonyms: bad |
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(satellite adjective) substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal" |
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Synonyms: sturdy |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: rugged |
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(satellite adjective) unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" |
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Synonyms: hard |
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(satellite adjective) violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" |
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Synonyms: ruffianly |
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(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow |
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Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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Related Words: aggressor, assailant, attacker, bruiser, bullyboy, muscleman, plug-ugly, skinhead, tough guy |
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(noun) someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
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Synonyms: street fighter |
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Related Words: battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
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(noun) an aggressive young criminal |
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Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, thug, toughie |
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Related Words: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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