tough

Words with a similar base: tough, toughened, toughie

'tough'

[street_fighter.n.02] as in: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

street_fighter, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling

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combatant, entity

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bad, baffling, bully, hard, hood, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough

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[hood.n.01] as in: an aggressive and violent young criminal

hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, hood, lout, punk, kindling, punk_rocker, punk_rock, bum, street_fighter, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling, poser, forcible

strong-arm, strong-arm, strong-arm, forcible

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criminal, entity

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bully

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bad, baffling, bully, hard, hood, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough

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[bully.n.01] as in: a cruel and brutal fellow

bully, bully, strong-arm, browbeat, bang-up, street_fighter, hood, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling, raucous

bully, bully, strong-arm, browbeat, bang-up, ruffianly

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attacker, entity

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skinhead, bullyboy, muscleman, tough_guy

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bad, baffling, bully, hard, hood, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough

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[tough.a.01] as in: not given to gentleness or sentimentality

Examples:
a tough character

street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling

insensitive, hard, tough-minded, hard-bitten

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tender, attendant, bid, tender, tender, tender, tender, offer, tender, tender, tender, sensitive, tender, affectionate, tender, tender, crank, tender

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affectionate, arduous, attendant, bad, baffling, bid, brassy, bully, case-hardened, crank, difficult, enured, forte, hard, harden, hardened, heavily, hood, indiscernible, insensible, insensitive, intemperate, inure, loud, loudly, offer, ruffianly, rugged, season, sensitive, street_fighter, sturdy, temper, tempered, tender, tough, unexpressed, unvoiced

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[rugged.s.02] as in: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

Examples:
a rugged competitive examination
the rugged conditions of frontier life
the competition was tough
it's a tough life
it was a tough job

rugged, furrowed, broken, rugged, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling

difficult, huskiness, ruggedness, hardness, stamina, temper, formidability

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anxious, awkward, bad, baffling, broken, bully, cursorily, difficult, furrow, furrowed, hard, hood, promptly, quickly, restless, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough, uneasy, unmanageable

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[tough.a.03] as in: physically toughened

Examples:
the tough bottoms of his feet

street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling, toughen, tempered

strong, experienced, rugged, weather-beaten, calloused, enured

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tender, attendant, bid, tender, tender, tender, tender, offer, tender, tender, tender, sensitive, tender, affectionate, tender, tender, crank, tender

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affectionate, anneal, attendant, bad, baffling, bid, broken, bully, chasten, crank, experience, experienced, feel, firm, furrowed, hard, have, hood, impregnable, know, offer, potent, ruffianly, rugged, sensitive, solid, street_fighter, strong, sturdy, temper, tempered, tender, tough

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[sturdy.s.02] as in: substantially made or constructed

Examples:
sturdy steel shelves
sturdy canvas
a tough all-weather fabric
some plastics are as tough as metal

hardy, uncompromising, sturdy, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling

rugged, sturdiness, sturdiness, sturdiness

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sturdy

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bad, baffling, broken, bully, furrowed, hard, hood, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough, uncompromising

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[ruffianly.s.01] as in: violent and lawless

Examples:
the more ruffianly element
tough street gangs

ruffianly, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, bad, tough, hard, baffling

violent, bully

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ruffianly

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bad, baffling, bully, crimson, fierce, hard, hood, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough, violent

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'tough'

[bad.s.02] as in: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

Examples:
my throat feels bad
she felt bad all over
he was feeling tough after a restless night

bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, regretful, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, badly, badly, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, tough, hard, baffling

uncomfortable, bad, badness, naughtiness

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ailment, bad, badly, badness, baffling, bully, evil, hard, hood, ill, malefic, naughtiness, regretful, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough, uncomfortable

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[tough.a.07] as in: resistant to cutting or chewing

street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard, baffling

inedible, hempen, coriaceous, tough-skinned, fibrous, cartilaginous, chewy, stamina, huskiness, temper, formidability

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tender, attendant, bid, tender, tender, tender, tender, offer, tender, tender, tender, sensitive, tender, affectionate, tender, tender, crank, tender

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affectionate, attendant, bad, baffling, bid, bully, crank, hard, hood, inedible, offer, ruffianly, rugged, sensitive, street_fighter, sturdy, tender, tough

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[hard.s.05] as in: unfortunate or hard to bear

Examples:
had hard luck
a tough break

difficult, hard, hard, hard, arduous, unvoiced, hard, hard, intemperate, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, heavily, hard, hard, hard, hard, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, baffling

bad, hardness, hardness, unfeelingness, hardness, severity

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acuteness, ailment, anxious, arduous, asperity, awkward, bad, badly, badness, baffling, brassy, bully, case-hardened, cursorily, densely, devoice, difficult, discreteness, distinctness, edge, enured, evil, fitness, flashiness, forte, hard, harden, hardened, hardness, heavily, heavy, hood, ill, intemperate, inure, loud, loudly, malefic, naughtiness, otherness, promptly, pungency, quickly, regretful, restless, ruffianly, rugged, season, seaworthiness, severity, sharpness, street_fighter, sturdy, temper, tempered, thick, thickly, tough, uneasy, unexpressed, unfeelingness, unmanageable, unvoiced, volume

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'tough'

[baffling.s.01] as in: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

Examples:
a baffling problem
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
a problematic situation at home

perplex, thwart, baffle, baffling, elusive, elusive, elusive, gnarled, byzantine, knotty, debatable, street_fighter, hood, bully, tough, rugged, tough, sturdy, ruffianly, bad, tough, hard

difficult, complicatedness, problem, problem, trouble, stamina, huskiness, temper, formidability

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anxious, awkward, bad, baffling, bully, cursorily, difficult, hard, hood, promptly, quickly, restless, ruffianly, rugged, street_fighter, sturdy, tough, uneasy, unmanageable

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Origins

					tough (English)
└── toh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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