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Tough   /təf/   Listen
adjective
Tough  adj.  (compar. tougher; superl. toughest)  
1.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. "Tough roots and stubs. "
2.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; of objects and people; as, tough sinews. "A body made of brass, the crone demands,... Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire." "The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose."
3.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
4.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. "So tough a frame she could not bend."
5.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. (Colloq.) " A tough debate. "
6.
Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
7.
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; of people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough character.
To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. (Obs.)


noun
tough  n.  A person who is tough (7); a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner.





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"Tough" Quotes from Famous Books



... to these the Queens exert their might; One the left side, and t'other guards the right: Where each, by her respective armour known. Chooses the colour that is like her own. 60 Then the young Archers, two that snowy-white Bend the tough yew, and two as black as night; (Greece call'd them Mars's favourites heretofore, From their delight in war, and thirst of gore). These on each side the Monarch and his Queen 65 Surround obedient; next to these are seen The crested Knights in golden armour ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith
... Boers hadn't buried themselves instead of the guns!" Carew remarked, as he wrestled with a tough thong of bully beef which yielded to his jaws much as an India-rubber ...
— On the Firing Line • Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller
... be president, Shorty?" Lorry felt the warmth of a new life, felt the little body wriggle in snug contentment. "I wouldn't advise it. Tough job." Baby Newcomb twisted in his ...
— I'll Kill You Tomorrow • Helen Huber
... a tough nature, and minded neither heat nor cold; only when a large bluebottle fly buzzed round his nose he whisked his broad hat to drive the tormentor away, and said to himself that summer had its drawbacks even in Germany, though there were certainly more flies and mosquitoes ...
— Doctor Claudius, A True Story • F. Marion Crawford
... street where he had first seen the beloved form of Ericson, a certain old mood began to revive in him. He had been working at quadratic equations all the morning; he had been foiled in the attempt to find the true algebraic statement of a very tough question involving various ratios; and, vexed with himself, he had risen to look out, as the only available zeitvertreib. It was one of those rainy days of spring which it needs a hopeful mood to distinguish from autumnal ones—dull, depressing, ...
— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald


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