Tough
[tʌf]
Definition
(adj.) resistant to cutting or chewing .
(adj.) physically toughened; 'the tough bottoms of his feet' .
(adj.) not given to gentleness or sentimentality; 'a tough character' .
Inputed by Frances--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
(superl.) Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
(superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
(superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
(superl.) Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
Typed by Harley
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Adhesive, tenacious, cohesive, not brittle, not easily broken.[2]. Coriaceous, leathery.[3]. Strong, firm, hardy.[4]. Refractory, stubborn, obdurate.[5]. [Colloquial.] Difficult, hard, hard to deal with.[6]. [Colloquial.] Severe (as a storm), violent.
Checker: Olivier
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Resistent, stubborn, lentous, fibrous, difficult, refractory, hard,unmanageable, tenacious, firm, strong
ANT:Yielding, tender, soft, brittle, fragile, frangible, friable
Typist: Louis
Definition
adj. not easily broken: firm: stiff viscous sticky: stubborn hard to manage trying: violent: tenacious: able to endure hardship.—n. a rough a bully.—v.t. or v.i. Tough′en to make or become tough.—adj. Tough′ish rather tough.—adv. Tough′ly.—n. Tough′ness.
Typist: Nola
Examples
- Ignatius began his career as a very tough and gallant young Spaniard. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The mimeograph employs a pointed stylus, used as in writing with a lead-pencil, which is moved over a kind of tough prepared paper placed on a finely grooved steel plate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When they came to some heavily shaded spots, the fine trees were marked T to indicate that the work in getting through them would be tough. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He fancied it tough, sent away his plate, and has been suffering ever since. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- When the mass cools it becomes a yellowish, transparent, glacial substance, tough and deliquescent. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Only the elderly sociologist, whose mental fibre was so tough as to be insentient, seemed to be thoroughly happy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Vulcanization is simply the heating of the rubber mixed with sulphur--this causes a chemical change in the substance; it becomes tougher, more elastic and less affected by heat and cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So far as foundry iron is concerned, the experience at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, brief as it has been, shows that a stronger and tougher metal is made. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You will find the second tougher still. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He accepted his punishment with the toughest stoicism. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Piacenza's the toughest house to sing in the north of Italy, the other tenor said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was the toughest kind of restaurant ever seen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Perry