



tough

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