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tough noun
Meaning : Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing.
Synonyms : street fighter
tough adjective
Meaning : Not given to gentleness or sentimentality.
Example :
A tough character.
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.
A tender heart.A tender smile.
Tender loving care.
Tender memories.
A tender mother.
tender
Meaning : Very difficult. Severely testing stamina or resolution.
Example :
A rugged competitive examination.
The rugged conditions of frontier life.
The competition was tough.
It's a tough life.
It was a tough job.
Synonyms : rugged
Meaning : Substantially made or constructed.
Example :
Sturdy steel shelves.
Sturdy canvas.
A tough all-weather fabric.
Some plastics are as tough as metal.
Synonyms : sturdy
Meaning : Violent and lawless.
Example :
The more ruffianly element.
Tough street gangs.
Synonyms : ruffianly
Meaning : Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad').
Example :
My throat feels bad.
She felt bad all over.
He was feeling tough after a restless night.
Synonyms : bad
Meaning : Resistant to cutting or chewing.
Meaning : Making great mental demands. Hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
Example :
A baffling problem.
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast.
A problematic situation at home.
Synonyms : baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical
Tough meaning in Telugu.