tough
tuhf
- n someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- n an aggressive and violent young criminal
- n a cruel and brutal fellow
- a not given to gentleness or sentimentality
a tough character - s very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
the competition was tough
it's a tough life
it was a tough job - a physically toughened
the tough bottoms of his feet - s substantially made or constructed
a tough all-weather fabric
some plastics are as tough as metal - s violent and lawless
tough street gangs - s feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
he was feeling tough after a restless night - a resistant to cutting or chewing
- s unfortunate or hard to bear
a tough break - s making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- And while the debates don't often change the votes of other members, Durbin's tough questioning of his colleagues and his willingness to defend his own proposals clarify and .
- Mark Clothier and John Helyar have written a fine Bloomberg article about tough times in Ridgewood, NJ, that doesn't seem to be available anywhere on the Bloomberg site but is .
- A Florida juvenile offender's death has Governor Jeb Bush and his state's tough-love justice programs under assault.