Tough word meaning and definition

[noun] a cruel and brutal fellow
[noun] an aggressive and violent young criminal
[noun] someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
[adjective] feeling physical discomfort or pain; "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in"he was feeling tough after a restless night")
[adjective] substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
[adjective] tough to cut or chew
[adjective] physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
[adjective] not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
[adjective] violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

\Tough\, a. [Compar. {Tougher}; superl. {Toughest}.] [OE. tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.] 1. 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. ``Tough roots and stubs. '' --Milton. 2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. --Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. --Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A. Symonds. 3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm. 4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden. 5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] `` A tough debate. '' --Fuller. {To make it tough}, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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