tough 音标拼音: [t'ʌf]
a .
坚硬的,咬不动的;棘手的,难办的;强健的,吃苦耐劳的;粗暴的,凶恶的
坚硬的,咬不动的;棘手的,难办的;强健的,吃苦耐劳的;粗暴的,凶恶的
tough adj 1 :
not given to gentleness or sentimentality ; "
a tough character " [
ant : {
tender }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
rugged }, {
tough }]
3 :
physically toughened ; "
the tough bottoms of his feet " [
synonym :
{
tough }, {
toughened }] [
ant : {
tender }, {
untoughened }]
4 :
substantially made or constructed ; "
sturdy steel shelves ";
"
sturdy canvas "; "
a tough all -
weather fabric "; "
some plastics are as tough as metal " [
synonym : {
sturdy }, {
tough }]
5 :
violent and lawless ; "
the more ruffianly element "; "
tough street gangs " [
synonym : {
ruffianly }, {
tough }]
6 :
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 " [
synonym : {
bad }, {
tough }]
7 :
resistant to cutting or chewing [
ant : {
tender }]
8 :
unfortunate or hard to bear ; "
had hard luck "; "
a tough break "
[
synonym : {
hard }, {
tough }]
9 :
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 " [
synonym : {
baffling }, {
elusive }, {
knotty }, {
problematic },
{
problematical }, {
tough }]
n 1 :
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing [
synonym : {
street fighter }, {
tough }]
2 :
an aggressive and violent young criminal [
synonym : {
hood },
{
hoodlum }, {
goon }, {
punk }, {
thug }, {
tough }, {
toughie },
{
strong -
armer }]
3 :
a cruel and brutal fellow [
synonym : {
bully }, {
tough }, {
hooligan },
{
ruffian }, {
roughneck }, {
rowdy }, {
yob }, {
yobo }, {
yobbo }]
Tough \
Tough \,
a . [
Compar . {
Tougher };
superl . {
Toughest }.] [
OE .
tough ,
AS .
t [=
o ]
h ,
akin to D .
taai ,
LG .
taa ,
tage ,
tau ,
OHG .
z [=
a ]
hi ,
G .
z [
aum ]
he ,
and also to AS .
getenge near to ,
close to ,
oppressive ,
OS .
bitengi .]
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 . " --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not easily broken ;
able to endure hardship ;
firm ;
strong ;
--
of objects and people ;
as ,
tough sinews . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
A body made of brass ,
the crone demands , . . .
Tough to the last ,
and with no toil to tire .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose . --
J .
A .
Symonds .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Not easily separated ;
viscous ;
clammy ;
tenacious ;
as ,
tough phlegm .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Stiff ;
rigid ;
not flexible ;
stubborn ;
as ,
a tough bow .
[
1913 Webster ]
So tough a frame she could not bend . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Severe ;
violent ;
as ,
a tough storm . [
Colloq .] "
A tough debate . " --
Fuller .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
Difficult to do ,
perform ,
or accomplish ;
as ,
a tough job .
[
PJC ]
7 .
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior ;
rowdyish ; --
of people ,
or groups ;
as ,
a tough neighborhood ;
a tough character .
[
PJC ]
{
To make it tough },
to make it a matter of difficulty ;
to make it a hard matter . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
tough \
tough \,
n .
A person who is tough [
7 ];
a ruffian ;
a thug ;
as ,
a cluster of neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner .
[
PJC ]
501 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tough ":
Antaeus ,
Atlas ,
Briareus ,
Brobdingnagian ,
Charles Atlas ,
Cyclops ,
Goliath ,
Herculean ,
Hercules ,
Mafioso ,
OK ,
Polyphemus ,
Samson ,
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
Superman ,
Tarzan ,
Titan ,
Young Turk ,
abiding ,
abstruse ,
ace -
high ,
acute ,
adamant ,
adamantine ,
adherent ,
adhesive ,
age -
long ,
aged ,
amylaceous ,
ancient ,
antique ,
arbitrary ,
arduous ,
astringent ,
athletic ,
austere ,
authoritarian ,
backbreaking ,
bad ,
baffling ,
bang -
up ,
battler ,
beast ,
beldam ,
belligerent ,
belted knight ,
berserk ,
berserker ,
beyond one ,
bickerer ,
blade ,
bomber ,
bony ,
bonzer ,
boss ,
bravo ,
brawler ,
brawny ,
bruiser ,
brutal ,
brute ,
bulky ,
bulldogged ,
bulldoggish ,
bulldoggy ,
bullheaded ,
bully ,
bullyboy ,
burdensome ,
burly ,
but good ,
callous ,
cartilaginous ,
cement ,
cemental ,
chewy ,
chronic ,
clabbered ,
clammy ,
clingy ,
clotted ,
coagulated ,
cohesive ,
cold ,
colossus ,
combatant ,
competitor ,
complex ,
complicated ,
concrete ,
confirmed ,
constant ,
contender ,
contestant ,
continuing ,
cool ,
coriaceous ,
corking ,
corneous ,
crabbed ,
crackerjack ,
cramp ,
critical ,
crushing ,
curdled ,
cutting ,
dandy ,
delicate ,
delicious ,
demanding ,
demon ,
dense ,
devil ,
diamondlike ,
difficile ,
difficult ,
disputant ,
diuturnal ,
doughty ,
doughy ,
dour ,
dragon ,
drastic ,
ducky ,
duelist ,
durable ,
dure ,
effortful ,
enduring ,
enforcer ,
evergreen ,
exacting ,
excessive ,
exigent ,
exorbitant ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fab ,
fencer ,
feuder ,
fibrous ,
fiend ,
fierce ,
fighter ,
fighting cock ,
fine and dandy ,
fire -
eater ,
firebrand ,
firm ,
fixed ,
flintlike ,
flinty ,
foilsman ,
forced ,
formidable ,
furious ,
fury ,
game ,
gamecock ,
gamy ,
garbled ,
gaumy ,
gear ,
gelatinous ,
giant ,
gladiator ,
glairy ,
gluelike ,
gluey ,
glutenous ,
glutinose ,
glutinous ,
gooey ,
goon ,
gorilla ,
granitelike ,
granitic ,
great ,
grim ,
gristly ,
gritty ,
groovy ,
grueling ,
grumous ,
gumbo ,
gumbolike ,
gumlike ,
gummous ,
gummy ,
gun ,
gunsel ,
gutsy ,
gutty ,
hairy ,
hard ,
hard as nails ,
hard to understand ,
hard -
bitten ,
hard -
boiled ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
hard -
line ,
hard -
nosed ,
hard -
set ,
hardened ,
hardhearted ,
hardnose ,
hardy ,
harsh ,
hatchet man ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
hell -
raiser ,
hellcat ,
hellhound ,
hellion ,
holy terror ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hooligan ,
horny ,
hot ,
hothead ,
hotspur ,
hunky -
dory ,
icy ,
immoderate ,
immutable ,
incendiary ,
inflexible ,
inspissated ,
intemperate ,
intense ,
intractable ,
intransient ,
intrepid ,
intricate ,
inured ,
inveterate ,
irksome ,
iron -
hard ,
ironlike ,
jam -
up ,
jawbreaking ,
jelled ,
jellied ,
jellylike ,
jouster ,
jumbled ,
just dandy ,
keen ,
killer ,
killing ,
knight ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
labored ,
laborious ,
lapideous ,
lasting ,
leatherlike ,
leathery ,
lithoid ,
lithoidal ,
long -
lasting ,
long -
lived ,
long -
standing ,
long -
term ,
longeval ,
longevous ,
macrobiotic ,
mad dog ,
madcap ,
manly ,
marble ,
marblelike ,
marvy ,
massive ,
mean ,
meticulous ,
mettlesome ,
militant ,
monster ,
mucilaginous ,
mucker ,
mug ,
mugger ,
muscle man ,
muscular ,
mystifying ,
narrow ,
neat ,
nervy ,
nifty ,
no picnic ,
nobby ,
not easy ,
obdurate ,
obfuscated ,
obscure ,
obscured ,
obstinate ,
of long duration ,
of long standing ,
okay ,
onerous ,
operose ,
oppressive ,
osseous ,
out of sight ,
outrageous ,
overtechnical ,
painful ,
pasty ,
peachy ,
peachy -
keen ,
perdurable ,
perduring ,
perennial ,
permanent ,
perpetual ,
perplexed ,
perplexing ,
persistent ,
persisting ,
pertinacious ,
piercing ,
plucky ,
plug -
ugly ,
powerful ,
powerhouse ,
procrustean ,
punishing ,
punk ,
puzzling ,
quarreler ,
rapist ,
red -
blooded ,
refractory ,
remaining ,
resistant ,
resistive ,
resolute ,
revolutionary ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
rioter ,
ripping ,
rival ,
rocklike ,
rocky ,
rodman ,
ropy ,
rough ,
roughneck ,
rowdy ,
ruffian ,
rugged ,
rum ,
sabreur ,
savage ,
scrambled ,
scrapper ,
scrumptious ,
scuffler ,
self -
adhesive ,
sempervirent ,
set with thorns ,
severe ,
sharp ,
she -
wolf ,
sinewy ,
slabby ,
slap -
up ,
slimy ,
slithery ,
smashing ,
solid ,
something else ,
sound ,
spiffing ,
spiffy ,
spiny ,
spirited ,
spiritful ,
spitfire ,
splitting ,
spunky ,
squabbler ,
stable ,
stalwart ,
starchy ,
staying ,
steadfast ,
steady ,
steellike ,
steely ,
steep ,
stern ,
stickable ,
sticky ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
stonelike ,
stony ,
stout ,
strained ,
strapping ,
strenuous ,
strict ,
stringent ,
stringy ,
strong ,
strong arm ,
strong man ,
strong -
arm man ,
strong -
armer ,
struggler ,
stubborn ,
stunning ,
sturdy ,
substantial ,
swashbuckler ,
swell ,
sword ,
swordplayer ,
swordsman ,
syrupy ,
tacky ,
taut ,
taxing ,
tenacious ,
termagant ,
terror ,
terrorist ,
the mighty ,
the strong ,
thick ,
thickened ,
thorny ,
thug ,
ticklish ,
tiger ,
tigress ,
tilter ,
toilsome ,
torpedo ,
tough as leather ,
tough guy ,
tower of strength ,
tremelloid ,
tremellose ,
tricky ,
trigger man ,
troublesome ,
tussler ,
ugly customer ,
unalterable ,
unbending ,
unbreakable ,
uncaring ,
uncompromising ,
unconscionable ,
underprivileged ,
unfading ,
unfeeling ,
ungiving ,
unsentimental ,
unsparing ,
unsympathetic ,
untiring ,
unyielding ,
uphill ,
vehement ,
venomous ,
vigorous ,
violent ,
virago ,
virile ,
virulent ,
viscid ,
viscose ,
viscous ,
vital ,
vixen ,
wearisome ,
well -
built ,
well -
constructed ,
well -
founded ,
well -
grounded ,
well -
made ,
wicked ,
wild beast ,
wiry ,
witch ,
withstanding ,
wizard ,
wolf ,
wrangler ,
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TOUGH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of TOUGH is difficult to accomplish, resolve, endure, or deal with How to use tough in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Tough
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