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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
tough adj 1: not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character" [ant: tender] 2: 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" [syn: rugged, tough] 3: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" [syn: tough, toughened] [ant: tender, untoughened] 4: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal" [syn: sturdy, tough] 5: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough] 6: 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" [syn: bad, tough] 7: resistant to cutting or chewing [ant: tender] 8: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" [syn: hard, tough] 9: 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" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough] n 1: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing [syn: street fighter, tough] 2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer] 3: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] [OE. tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.] 1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; -- of objects and people; as, tough sinews. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] 3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm. [1913 Webster] 4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. [1913 Webster] So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough debate. " --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 6. Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job. [PJC] 7. Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough character. [PJC] To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
tough \tough\, n. A person who is tough[7]; a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner. [PJC] | ||
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