Hyphenation of tough

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tough

Definitions of tough:

1.
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
2.
An aggressive and violent young criminal
3.
A cruel and brutal fellow
4.
Not given to gentleness or sentimentality
A tough character
5.
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
6.
Physically toughened
The tough bottoms of his feet
7.
Substantially made or constructed
Sturdy steel shelves Sturdy canvas A tough all-weather fabric Some plastics are as tough as metal
8.
Violent and lawless
The more ruffianly element Tough street gangs
9.
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
10.
Resistant to cutting or chewing
11.
Unfortunate or hard to bear
Had hard luck A tough break
12.
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

Synonyms of tough:

adj tough, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious, tough-minded, unsentimental, hard, insensitive
adj rugged, difficult, hard
adj tough, toughened, calloused, thickened, enured, inured, hardened, weather-beaten, experienced, rugged, strong
adj sturdy, rugged
adj ruffianly, violent
adj bad, uncomfortable
adj tough, cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery, chewy, coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery, fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable, hempen, fibrous, inedible, uneatable
adj hard, bad
nounstreet fighter, combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
noun hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, toughie, strong-armer, criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
noun bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter

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