TOUGHER Synonyms

• 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

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• difficult to describe

• skillful at eluding capture

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

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

• an awkward stupid person

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• 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

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a protective covering that is part of a plant

• (slang) a neighborhood or community

• a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

• (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head

• metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes

• the folding roof of a carriage

• a headdress that protects the head and face

• protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

• (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

• cover with a hood

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

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

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• tangled in knots or snarls

• open to doubt or debate

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

• open to doubt or debate

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

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)

• material for starting a fire

• a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture

• rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

• of very poor quality; flimsy

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• violent and lawless

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• not making concessions

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• substantially made or constructed