bad, tough
(adjective) feeling physical discomfort or pain (âtoughâ is occasionally used colloquially for âbadâ); âmy throat feels badâ; âshe felt bad all overâ; âhe was feeling tough after a restless nightâ
sturdy, tough
(adjective) substantially made or constructed; âsturdy steel shelvesâ; âsturdy canvasâ; âa tough all-weather fabricâ; âsome plastics are as tough as metalâ
baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; âa baffling problemâ; âI faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfastâ; âa problematic situation at homeâ
rugged, tough
(adjective) very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; âa rugged competitive examinationâ; âthe rugged conditions of frontier lifeâ; âthe competition was toughâ; âitâs a tough lifeâ; âit was a tough jobâ
hard, tough
(adjective) unfortunate or hard to bear; âhad hard luckâ; âa tough breakâ
tough
(adjective) resistant to cutting or chewing
tough, toughened
(adjective) physically toughened; âthe tough bottoms of his feetâ
tough
(adjective) not given to gentleness or sentimentality; âa tough characterâ
ruffianly, tough
(adjective) violent and lawless; âthe more ruffianly elementâ; âtough street gangsâ
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow
hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
(noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tough (comparative tougher, superlative toughest)
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
(of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
Rugged or physically hardy.
Stubborn.
(of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
Rowdy or rough.
(of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
(material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
tough
(slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy
tough (plural toughs)
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
tough (third-person singular simple present toughs, present participle toughing, simple past and past participle toughed)
To endure.
To toughen.
• ought
Source: Wiktionary
Tough, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] Etym: [OE. tough, AS. toh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zahi, G. zÀhe, 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.
2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. J. A. Symonds.
3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. So tough a frame she could not bend. Dryden.
5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough debate. " Fuller. To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; âtheoretical scienceâ
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
