tough Englisch Deutsch:
tough Definition:
- Tough may refer to:
Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness |
Tough (superl.) Not easily broken |
Tough (superl.) Not easily separated |
Tough (superl.) Stiff |
Tough (superl.) Severe |
Tough-cake (n.) See Tough-pitch (b). |
Tough-head (n.) The ruddy duck. |
Tough-pitch (n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. |
Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced |
bully / tough hooligan / ruffian / roughneck / rowdy / yob / yobo / yobbo a cruel and brutal fellow |
hood / hoodlum / goon punk / thug / tough / toughie / strong-armer an aggressive and violent young criminal |
street fighter tough someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
tough guy / plug-ugly someone who bullies weaker people |
misfortune / bad luck / tough luck / ill luck an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
bad / tough 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" |
sturdy / tough substantially made or constructed, "sturdy steel shelves", "sturdy canvas", "a tough all-weather fabric", "some plastics are as tough as metal" |
baffling / elusive / knotty / problematic / problematical / tough 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" |
rugged / tough 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" |
hard / tough unfortunate or hard to bear, "had hard luck", "a tough break" |
tough Synonyme:
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 |
tough guy Antaeus Atlas Briareus Brobdingnagian Charles Atlas Cyclops Goliath Hercules Mafioso Polyphemus Samson Superman Tarzan Titan Young Turk beast beldam berserk berserker bomber brute bully bullyboy colossus demon devil dragon fiend fire-eater firebrand fury giant goon gorilla gunsel hardnose hell-raiser hellcat hellhound hellion holy terror hood hoodlum hothead hotspur incendiary killer mad dog madcap monster mugger muscle man powerhouse rapist revolutionary savage she-wolf spitfire stalwart strong man strong-arm man termagant terror terrorist the mighty the strong tiger tigress tough tower of strength ugly customer violent virago vixen wild beast witch wolf |
tough it out bear up come up fighting hang in hang in there hang on hang tough hold fast hold on hold out hold up live through it live with it never say die not give up stand up stay it out stay the distance stay with it stick stick it stick it out stick out stick to it stick with it |