tough
— Noun
– English
～ someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
tough
— Noun
– English
～ a cruel and brutal fellow
tough luck
— Noun
– English
～ an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
tough guy
— Noun
– English
～ someone who bullies weaker people
tough-skinned
— Adjective
– English
～ having a relatively tough outer covering
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ resistant to cutting or chewing
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
tough
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
tough-minded
— Adjective
– English
～ facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination
tough
— Adjective
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～ physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
tough-skinned
— Adjective
– English
～ insensitive to criticism
toughen
— Verb
– English
～ make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
toughened
— Adjective
– English
～ made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
toughened
— Adjective
– English
～ physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
toughie
— Noun
– English
～ an aggressive and violent young criminal