Tough Meaning in English

Tough Definitions and Meaning in English

Adjective

  1. 1. Not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Usage

1. a tough character

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  1. 2. Violent and lawless
Usage

1. the more ruffianly element

2. tough street gangs

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  1. 3. Physically toughened
Usage

1. the tough bottoms of his feet

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  1. 4. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Usage

1. a baffling problem

2. I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast

3. a problematic situation at home

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Noun

  1. 1. Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
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  1. 3. An aggressive and violent young criminal
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Tough Sentences from Popular Quotes and Books

1. "Tough shit, buddy. Your tough shit..."
- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

2. "Truly tough guys never say they’re tough."
- Dean Koontz, Saint Odd

3. "Tough times dont last tough people do"
- Quote by Charlotte

4. "prototypical tough New"
- James Patterson, 14th Deadly Sin

5. "Build: Vookworm, but tough"
- Kim Harrison, The Hollows Insider

6. "Build: Bookworm, but tough"
- Kim Harrison, The Hollows Insider

7. "Anything worthwhile is tough."
- Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

8. "CRAIG DAVIDSON Medium Tough"
- Jennifer Egan, The Best American Short Stories 2014

9. "When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking."
- Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction

10. "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going."
- William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa

 
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