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Tough
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Tough
/tʌf/
Strong and able to withstand difficulty or pain
Synonyms:
strong
hard
sturdy
resilient
durable
Antonyms:
weak
fragile
delicate
soft
Examples:
It's a little
tougher
to get cocaine, heroin or morphine.
It was a
tough
fight, but I won.
'
Tough
luck,' I said.
Etymology:
From Middle English
tough
, from Old English
tōh
, related to Old High German
zāhi
meaning resistant or tenacious
Usage Statistics:
90 mentions per 1 million words
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