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adjectivemaking great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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"the competition was tough" "it's a tough life" "it was a tough job"adjectivevery difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
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nounsomeone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
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"a tough break"adjectiveunfortunate or hard to bear
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"tough street gangs"adjectiveviolent and lawless
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"the tough bottoms of his feet"adjectivephysically toughenedOpposite:
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nounan aggressive and violent young criminaltype of:
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nouna cruel and brutal fellow
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"a tough all-weather fabric" "some plastics are as tough as metal"adjectivesubstantially made or constructed
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"he was feeling tough after a restless night"adjectivefeeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
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"a tough character"adjectivenot given to gentleness or sentimentalityOpposite:
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adjectiveresistant to cutting or chewing
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Definition that contains tough
- armor tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
- bark tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
- armour tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
- cartilage tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- gristle tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- marlowe tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
- leatherjacket tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
- pugnacious tough and callous by virtue of experience
- beach grass tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores
- munja tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets