Definition of toughs Toughs
/tʌˈfs/ - [tufs] -
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What does toughs mean?
Wiktionary 
- toughs (Noun)
Plural of tough.
Part of speech
🔤- toughs, noun, plural of tough.
WordNet
Adjectivetough, tougher, toughest |
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| tough - resistant to cutting or chewing | ||
| tender (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots" | ||
| inedible, uneatable not suitable for food | ||
| gristly, cartilaginous, rubbery difficult to chew | ||
| chewy (of a consistency) requiring chewing; "chewy caramels" | ||
| coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | ||
| unchewable, fibrous, sinewy, stringy (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | ||
| hempen, fibrous having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute | ||
| tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" | ||
| toughened | ||
| untoughened, tender (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots" | ||
| experienced, experient having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | ||
| rugged sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" | ||
| strong freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm" | ||
| calloused, callous, thickened having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" | ||
| enured, inured, hardened made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett | ||
| tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character" | ||
| tender (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots" | ||
| hard dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" | ||
| insensitive not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" | ||
| hard-bitten, pugnacious, hard-boiled tough and callous by virtue of experience | ||
| tough - 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 | ||
| difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" | ||
| tough - 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 | ||
| uncomfortable providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
| 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" | ||
| rugged | ||
| difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" | ||
| tough - substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal" | ||
| sturdy | ||
| rugged sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" | ||
| tough - unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" | ||
| hard | ||
| bad 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" | ||
| tough - violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" | ||
| ruffianly | ||
| violent (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" | ||
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Wiktionary
- tough (Noun)
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. - tough (Verb)
To endure. - tough (Verb)
To toughen. - tough (Adjective)
Strong and resilient; sturdy. - tough (Adjective)
Difficult to cut or chew. - tough (Adjective)
Rugged or physically hardy. - tough (Adjective)
Stubborn. - tough (Adjective)
Harsh or severe. - tough (Adjective)
Rowdy or rough. - tough (Adjective)
Difficult or demanding. - tough (Adjective)
Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tough (superl.)
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 (superl.)
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. - tough (superl.)
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm. - tough (superl.)
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. - tough (superl.)
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tough
Strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough or careless handling.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tough
tuf, adj. not easily broken: firm: stiff, viscous, sticky: stubborn, hard to manage, trying: violent: tenacious: able to endure hardship.—n. a rough, a bully.—v.t. or v.i. Tough′en, to make or become tough.—adj. Tough′ish, rather tough.—adv. Tough′ly.—n. Tough′ness. [A.S. tóh; cog. with Ger. zähe.]
Part of speech
🔤- tough, noun, singular of toughs.
- tough, adjective.
