TOUGH Synonyms

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• dispassionate

• resisting weight or pressure

• produced without vibration of the vocal cords

• (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

• with effort or force or vigor

• with firmness

• earnestly or intently

• causing great damage or hardship

• slowly and with difficulty

• indulging excessively

• into a solid condition

• very near or close in space or time

• with pain or distress or bitterness

• to the full extent possible; all the way

• very strong or vigorous

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• dried out

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• hard to control

• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• requiring precise accuracy

• extremely impressive in strength or excellence

• inspiring fear

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• not easily borne; wearing

• resulting in punishment

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

• characterized by or performed with much energy or force

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• not easily borne; wearing

• the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

• an examination of the characteristics of something

• the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

• hard to endure

• extremely irritating to the nerves

• the upward slope of a hill

• against difficulties

• upward on a hill or incline

• sloping upward

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe