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")
a cruel and brutal fellow
unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
an aggressive young criminal
violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"
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"
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
tough to cut or chew
not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
an aggressive and violent young criminal
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"
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"
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
substantially made or constructed
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
