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tough |
Grep of noun tough tough tough guy tough luck toughie toughness Overview of noun tough The noun tough has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. street fighter, tough -- (someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing) 2. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer -- (an aggressive and violent young criminal) 3. bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow) Overview of adj tough The adj tough has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (9) tough -- (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character") 2. (5) rugged, tough -- (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") 3. (2) tough, toughened -- (physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet") 4. (2) sturdy, tough -- (substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal") 5. (1) ruffianly, tough -- (violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs") 6. (1) bad tough -- (feeling physical discomfort or pain; "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in "he was feeling tough after a restless night")) 7. tough -- (tough to cut or chew) 8. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break") Antonyms of adj tough 8 senses of tough Sense 1 tough (vs. tender) tender (vs. tough) => caring, protective => sentimental Sense 2 rugged, tough INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy Sense 3 tough (vs. tender), toughened tender (vs. tough), untoughened => delicate, soft Sense 4 sturdy, tough INDIRECT (VIA rugged) -> delicate Sense 5 ruffianly, tough INDIRECT (VIA violent) -> nonviolent Sense 6 bad tough INDIRECT (VIA uncomfortable) -> comfortable, comfy Sense 7 tough (vs. tender) tender (vs. tough) => chewable, cuttable => crisp, crispy => short => tenderized, tenderised => flaky, flakey Sense 8 hard, tough INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Similarity of adj tough 8 senses of tough Sense 1 tough (vs. tender) => hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious => tough-minded, unsentimental Also See-> hard#2; insensitive#2 Sense 2 rugged, tough => difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 3 tough (vs. tender), toughened => calloused, thickened => enured, inured, hardened => weather-beaten Also See-> experienced#1; rugged#1; strong#1 Sense 4 sturdy, tough => rugged (vs. delicate) Sense 5 ruffianly, tough => violent (vs. nonviolent) Sense 6 bad tough => uncomfortable (vs. comfortable) Sense 7 tough (vs. tender) => cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery => chewy => coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery => fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable => hempen, fibrous Also See-> inedible#1, uneatable#1 Sense 8 hard, tough => bad (vs. good) Attributes of adj tough Familiarity of adj tough tough used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 8) Grep of adj tough tough tough-minded toughened Overview of noun tough The noun tough has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. street fighter, tough -- (someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing) 2. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer -- (an aggressive and violent young criminal) 3. bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow) Overview of adj tough The adj tough has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (9) tough -- (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character") 2. (5) rugged, tough -- (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") 3. (2) tough, toughened -- (physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet") 4. (2) sturdy, tough -- (substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal") 5. (1) ruffianly, tough -- (violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs") 6. (1) bad tough -- (feeling physical discomfort or pain; "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in "he was feeling tough after a restless night")) 7. tough -- (tough to cut or chew) 8. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break")
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