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adjective
  1. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
     Antonyms: tender Similar: hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious, tough-minded, unsentimental
  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"
    Synonyms: rugged Similar: difficult, hard
  3. physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
    Synonyms: toughened Antonyms: tender, untoughened Similar: calloused, thickened, enured, inured, hardened, weather-beaten
noun
  1. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
    Synonyms: street fighter
  2. an aggressive and violent young criminal
    Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie
  3. a cruel and brutal fellow
    Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo

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