tough (t f)adj. tough·er, tough·est 1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient: a tough all-weather fabric. 2. Hard to cut or chew: tough meat. 3. Physically hardy; rugged: tough mountaineers; a tough cop. 4. Severe; harsh: a tough winter. 5. a. Aggressive; pugnacious. b. Inclined to violent or disruptive behavior; rowdy or rough: a tough street group. 6. Demanding or troubling; difficult: skipping the toughest questions. 7. Strong-minded; resolute: a tough negotiator. 8. Slang Unfortunate; too bad: a tough break. 9. Slang Fine; great. n. Idiom: A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug. tough it out Slang To get through despite hardship; endure: "It helps if one was raised to tough it out" (Gail Sheehy). [Middle English, from Old English t  h.]tough  ly adv.tough ness n. |
tough
Adjective
1. strong and difficult to break, cut, or tear: this fabric is tough and water-resistant
2. (of meat or other food) difficult to cut and chew; not tender
3. physically or mentally strong and able to cope with hardship: a tough uncompromising woman, unwilling to take no for an answer
4. rough or violent: a tough and ruthless mercenary
5. strict and firm: the country's tough drugs laws
6. difficult or troublesome to do or deal with: a tough task
7. tough luck! Informal an expression of lack of sympathy for someone else's problems
Noun
a rough, vicious, or violent person
Verb
tough it out Informal to endure a difficult situation until it improves: criticism of his performance has reinforced his desire to tough it out [Old English tōh]
toughness n
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| Noun | 1. |  tough - someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
| 2. |  tough - an aggressive and violent young criminalbully - a hired thug criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | |
| 3. |  tough - a cruel and brutal fellow bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations | |
| Adj. | 1. |  tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"hard - dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" tender - given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother" |
| 2. |  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. |  tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" untoughened, tender - physically untoughened; "tender feet" | |
| 4. |  tough - substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" | |
| 5. |  tough - violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike" | |
| 6. |  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"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" | |
| 7. | tough - resistant to cutting or chewing tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" | |
| 8. |  tough - unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" | |
| 9. | 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" |
tough
adjective 1. strong, determined, aggressive, high-powered, feisty (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. hard-nosed (informal) self-confident, unyielding, hard as nails, self-assertive, badass (slang), chiefly U.S. << OPPOSITE weak
adjective 2. hardy, strong, seasoned, fit, strapping, hardened, vigorous, sturdy, stout, stalwart, resilient, brawny, hard as nails
adjective 4. strict, severe, stern, hard, firm, exacting, adamant, resolute, draconian, intractable, inflexible, merciless, unforgiving, unyielding, unbending << OPPOSITE lenient
adjective 5. hard, difficult, exhausting, troublesome, uphill, strenuous, arduous, thorny, laborious, irksome
Translations
tough [tʌf] adj [meat] → duro; [journey] → penoso; [task, problem, situation] → difícil (= resistant); resistente; [person] → fuerte: (pej) → bruto
n (= gangster etc) → gorila m;
tough [tʌf] adj → dur(e) (= resistant); résistant(e) → solide; [meat] → dur, coriace (= firm); inflexible; [journey] → pénible; [task, problem, situation] → difficile (= rough); dur
n (= gangster etc) → dur m;
tough [tʌf] adj (= strong, firm, difficult) → hart (= resistant); widerstandsfähig; [meat, animal, person] → zäh (= rough); rau;
tough luck! → Pech!
tough [tʌf] adj → duro/a (= resistant); resistente; [meat] → duro/a, tiglioso/a; [journey] → faticoso/a, duro/a; [person] (= rough); violento/a, brutale
n (= gangster etc) → delinquente m/f;
adj tough [taf]
1 strong; not easily broken, worn out etc Plastic is a tough material. sterk قوي، متين здрав pevný stærk hart σκληρός, γερός, ανθεκτικός resistente, fuerte vastupidav, kõva محکم kestävä solide חָזָק कड़ा čvrst, izdržljiv kemény kuat sterkur resistente 丈夫な 튼튼한 tvirtas stiprs; izturīgs kuat sterk robust, solid, seig twardy resistente tare прочный pevný trd čvrst stark, seg, härdig ที่ทนทาน sağlam 不易磨損的 міцний; цупкий; твердий سخت، ناقابل شکست mạnh, rắn 不易磨损的
2 (of food etc) difficult to chew. taai عَسير المَضْغ жилав tuhý sej zäh σκληρός duro vintske سفت sitkeä difficile קָשֶה मजबूत žilav, tvrd rágós liat seigur duro 固い 질긴 kietas ciets; sīksts keras taai seig twardy rijo tare жёсткий tuhý žilav žilav seg เหนียว(อาหาร) sert 咬不動的 твердий, як підошва چبانے ميں مشکل، کڑا cứng 咬不动的
3 (of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness. taai, sterk صَلْب، قادِر على تَحَمُّل المَصاعِب издръжлив odolný stærk robust δυνατός, σκληρό καρύδι fuerte, resistente sitke, visa سرسخت؛ قوی vahva robuste קָשוּחַ उद्दण्ड žilav, jak szívós, stramm, edzett tangguh sterkur, harður af sér forte 強い 억센 tvirtas, ištvermingas izturīgs; sīksts tahan lasak sterk sterk, robust, seig uparty forte puternic, robust выносливый odolný močen žilav härdig, härdad, seg, tuff แข็งแรง dayanıklı 堅強的，健壯的 дужий, сильний سخت جان có nghị lực 坚强的，健壮的
4 rough and violent It's a tough neighbourhood. rowwe عَنيف престъпен hrubý, divoký barsk übel άγριος, βίαιος violento; conflictivo jõhker پر خشونت väkivaltainen violent אָלִים कठोर opak brutális keras grófur, ágengur, ofbeldishneigður violento 荒っぽい 난폭한 pavojingas huligānisks penuh keganasan ruw barsk, tøff niebezpieczny violento violent; periculos хулиганский hrubý, neznesiteľný divji žestok hårdför, tuff ที่น่ากลัว belâlı, azılı 粗暴的 злочинний, бандитський خراب thô lỗ 粗暴的
5 difficult to deal with or overcome a tough problem; The competition was really tough. rof صَعْب التَّعامُل مع المُشْكِلَه او التَّغَلُّب عَلَيْها труден těžký hård schwierig δύσκολος, ζόρικος duro raske دشوار hankala, ankara dur קָשֶה दु:साध्य neugodan, težak nehéz berat erfiður, harður duro, difficile 手ごわい 힘든, 만만찮은 sunkus sīva konkurence sukar; sengit moeilijk vrien, vanskelig trudny difícil dur; greu трудный ťažký hud oštar svår, besvärlig, hård ยาก zor 難對付的 важкий; жорстокий دشوار khó khăn 难对付的
n
a rough, violent person; a bully. afknouer شَخْص عَنيف أو جِلْف хулиган lotr barsk fyr; bølle der Rowdy κακοποιός, τραμπούκος bruto, persona violenta/agresiva jõhkard آدم کله شق kovanaama dur, dure בִּריוֹן गुंडा, बदमाश razbijač, nasilnik huligán orang kasar hrotti, ribbaldi duro, violento ならず者 악당 mušeika, chuliganas huligāns ganas woesteling bølle, tøffing chuligan valentão persoană violentă/dură хулиган lotor robavs grubijan hårding, råskinn คนที่ต่อต้านสังคม zor, güç 惡棍 хуліган, бандит سخت، اڑيل kẻ hay bắt nạt 恶棍
n toughness
rofheid قَسْوَه، صَلابَه، جَلافَه، خُشونَه здравина tuhost, odolnost sejhed; styrke; barskhed die Zähigkeit σκληρότητα dureza; fortaleza, resistencia; carácter violento vastupidavus, visadus دشواری؛ طاقت sitkeys dureté קְשִיחוּת मजबूती, चिमड़पन, बेरहमी žilavost, tvrdoća keménység, erősség; kitartás ketangguhan harka; staðfesta durezza がんじょうさ 튼튼함 tvirtumas stiprums; izturīgums kuatnya taaiheid hardhet; seighet; hardførhet twardość rijeza duritate, tenacitate прочность; жёсткость;выносливость tuhosť; tvrdosť; odolnosť žilavost čvrstina seghet ความเหนียว dayanıklılık 堅強 твердість; міцність سختي sự khó khăn 坚强
v toughen
to make or become tough. sterk maak يُخَشِّن، يُقَسّي заяквам zpevnit gøre sej; hærde zäh machen/werden σκληραίνω, σκληραγωγώ, σκληραγωγούμαι endurecer(se), fortalecer(se) sitkestama, sitkenema محکم کردن؛ خشن کردن sitkistää (se) durcir, (s')endurcir לְחַזֵק कड़ा कर učiniti žilavim, očvrsnuti megkeményít menguatkan herða; harðna indurire, indurirsi がんじょうにする 강인하게 만들다; 강인해지다 kietinti, kietėti, užgrūdinti padarīt cietu/stipru/izturīgu; kļūt cietam/stipram/izturīgam menguatkan taai maken/worden herde(s), gjøre hard utwardzać, twardnieć endurecer a (se) întări напрягать(ся) spevniť utrditi (se) očvrsnuti göra seg[], härda ทำให้แข็งแรง sertleş(tir)mek (使)堅強 ставати міцним, цупким, дужим سخت ہونا يا کرنا gây khó khăn （使）坚强
tough luck
bad luck That was tough luck. jammer حَظ سَيِّء лош късмет smůla uheld das Pech ατυχία mala suerte ebaõnn بدشانسی؛ بخت بد huono tuuri pas de chance מָזָל בִּיש मजबूत हिस्सा peh, nesreća balszerencse kemalangan óheppni sfortuna 不運 악운 nesėkmė neveiksme nasib malang pech ergerlig, uheldig pech azar ghinion невезение smola smola loša sreća otur แย่มาก şanssızlık 運氣不佳 невдача, невезіння بد قسمتي điều rủi 运气不佳
get tough with (someone)
to deal forcefully with or refuse to yield to (a person) When he started to argue, I got tough with him. hom dwing يَتَعامَل بِقسُوَّه مع،يَرْفُض التَّنازُل لِ отнасям се грубо с jednat tvrdě gå hårdt på (nogen) massiv werden gegenüber αγριεύω σε κπ., σκληραίνω τη στάση μου ponerse duro con mitte järele andma قاطعانه برخورد کردن با pysyä kovana se montrer dur avec לִהיוֹת תָקִיף कड़ा, सख्त आदि बनना postati grub, agresivan prema kemény vkivel tidak menyerah sÿna (e-m) hörku (usare le maniere forti) 一歩も退かない ...에게 모질게 굴다 nenusileisti, priešintis stingri izturēties pret kādu; iespītēties; nepiekāpties berkeras dgn sso hard optreden tegen gå hardt ut mot (noen) potraktować ostro endurecer a fi dur cu проявлять твёрдость с (кем-л.) zaobchádzať tvrdo (s kým); prestať sa maznať (s kým) ostro nastopiti biti grub ta i med hårdhandskarna mot, inta en hård attityd mot จัดการอย่างแข็งขันหรือปฏิเสธที่จะยอม (คน) (birine) karşı sertleşmek 對某人強硬起來 не поступатися سختي سے پيش آنا to tiếng với ai 对某人强硬起来
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