tough - Meaning in Tamil

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tough - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of tough in English

tough adjective

1. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

   Synonyms

   bad, bad

   Examples

   • "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
   • "my throat feels bad"
   • "she felt bad all over"
2. substantially made or constructed

   Synonyms

   sturdy

   Examples

   • "a tough all-weather fabric"
   • "some plastics are as tough as metal"
   • "sturdy canvas"
   • "sturdy steel shelves"
3. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

   Synonyms

   baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical

   Examples

   • "a baffling problem"
   • "a problematic situation at home"
   • "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
4. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

   Synonyms

   rugged

   Examples

   • "a rugged competitive examination"
   • "it was a tough job"
   • "it's a tough life"
   • "the competition was tough"
   • "the rugged conditions of frontier life"
5. unfortunate or hard to bear

   Synonyms

   hard

   Examples

   • "a tough break"
   • "had hard luck"
6. resistant to cutting or chewing
7. physically toughened

   Synonyms

   toughened

   Example

   • "the tough bottoms of his feet"
8. not given to gentleness or sentimentality

   Example

   • "a tough character"
9. violent and lawless

   Synonyms

   ruffianly

   Examples

   • "the more ruffianly element"
   • "tough street gangs"

tough noun

1. a cruel and brutal fellow

   Synonyms

   bully, bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yob, yobbo, yobo

2. an aggressive and violent young criminal

   Synonyms

   goon, hood, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie

3. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

   Synonyms

   street fighter

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