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toughadjective not easily chewedher steak was so tough that she suggested the waiter use it as a hockey puck able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposurethis is a tough plant that easily withstands harsh winters cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, inured, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, toughened, vigorous flinty, leathery, resilient, stalwartdurable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, stable, staunch(also stanch), staying, tenacious, unyieldingflourishing, prospering, thrivingable-bodied, brawny, muscularfit, fortified, hale, healthy, husky, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sound, strapping, virileannealed, seasoned, tempered delicate, nonhardy, soft, tender, weak emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, run-down, sapped, wasted, weakened, worn, worn outcrippled, debilitated, diseased, incapacitated, infirm, unsoundfragile, frail, punyresistless, sensitive, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yieldingmortal, perishable, temporary, transient difficult to enduretough weather conditions on the top of the mountain all year long bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, trying austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortablebiting, inclement, intemperate, wildrigorous, strict, stringentagonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretchedcrushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearinginsufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurableharrowing, tortuousbad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant easy, light, soft comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snugagreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasantpeaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restfulbearable, endurable, painless, tolerablebalmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate requiring considerable physical or mental efforteven if you study for it, it's still a tough exam arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic(also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, trickybruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, tryingannoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatiousgrievous, grim, strict, stringentbrutal, cruel, inhuman, painful cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicatedcomforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothingaccessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handlinghandled a tough situation with the aplomb and tact of a true diplomat catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy(chiefly British), hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic(also problematical), sensitive, spiny, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tricksy, tricky abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, hard, intricate, involved, recondite, seriousproblem, scabrous, stubborn, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vexing, worrisomeburdensome, demanding, discommoding, exacting, exhausting, importunate, inconvenient, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful easy, effortless, manageable, painless, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, unproblematic given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restrainta tough supervisor who docked the pay of anyone who punched in late, no matter what the reason austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict demanding, exactinguncharitable, unforgivingadamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyieldingdour, gruffascetic(also ascetical), monastic, monkishbrowbeating, bullyingdetermined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinchingdogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemandingcharitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softheartedaccepting, compromising, yieldingresponsive, willingacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gangdidn't want her son hanging out with the neighborhood toughs bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, toughie(also toughy), yob(British), yobbo(British) cutthroat, scoundrel, villainassassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, piratepickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandaljuvenile delinquent, tearaway(British) adj.strong, stout, sturdy, stalwart, tough, tenacious mean showing power to resist or to endure.strong may imply power derived from muscular vigor, large size, structural soundness, intellectual or spiritual resources.strong arms the defense has a strong case stout suggests an ability to endure stress, pain, or hard use without giving way.stout hiking boots sturdy implies strength derived from vigorous growth, determination of spirit, solidity of construction.a sturdy table people of sturdy independence stalwart suggests an unshakable dependability.stalwart environmentalists tough implies great firmness and resiliency.a tough political opponent tenacious suggests strength in seizing, retaining, clinging to, or holding together.tenacious farmers clinging to an age-old way of life before the 12th century |