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1. (noun) street fightertough
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing


2. (noun) hoodhoodlumgoonpunkthugtoughtoughiestrong-armer
an aggressive and violent young criminal


3. (noun) bullytoughhooliganruffianroughneckrowdyyobyoboyobbo
a cruel and brutal fellow


4. (adj) tough
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
"a tough character"

5. (adj) ruggedtough
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"

6. (adj) toughtoughened
physically toughened
"the tough bottoms of his feet"

7. (adj) sturdytough
substantially made or constructed
"sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"

8. (adj) ruffianlytough
violent and lawless
"the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

9. (adj) badtough
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"

10. (adj) tough
resistant to cutting or chewing


11. (adj) hardtough
unfortunate or hard to bear
"had hard luck"; "a tough break"

12. (adj) bafflingelusiveknottyproblematicproblematicaltough
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"


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