Definition of Tough
Noun
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a cruel and brutal fellow
bully hooligan ruffian roughneck rowdy yob - yobo yobbo -
an aggressive and violent young criminal
hood hoodlum goon punk thug toughie - strong armer -
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- street fighter
Adjective
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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"
baffling elusive knotty problematic problematical -
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"
"a tough break"
hard -
resistant to cutting or chewing
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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"
bad -
violent and lawless
"the more ruffianly element"
"tough street gangs"
ruffianly -
substantially made or constructed
"sturdy steel shelves"
"sturdy canvas"
"a tough all-weather fabric"
"some plastics are as tough as metal"
sturdy -
physically toughened
"the tough bottoms of his feet"
toughened -
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"
rugged -
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
"a tough character"
Word games points for the Tough
- Scrabble® score of the tough (9)
- Word Chums® score of the tough (11)
- Words With Friends® score of the tough (10)
Unscramble tough
27 unscramble word found using the letters tough.
go, got, goth, gout, gu, gut, ho, hog, hot, hout, hug, hut, oh, ou, ought, out, tho, thou, thug, to, tog, tough, tug, ug, ugh, uh, ut,