Anagrams of: TOUGHIE

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

• The act of tying the feet together in this way.

• To tie an animal's or someone's feet together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.

• To render helpless.

• a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

• the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

• one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face

• being one more than seven

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

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

• unfortunate or hard to bear

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

• Property; possession

• Duty; place; office

• unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

• a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

• one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries

• a tight or amorous embrace

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• fit closely or tightly

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100