tough - Meaning in Marathi

tough - Meaning in Marathi

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Definitions and Meaning of tough in English

tough adjective

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

   Examples

   • "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
   • "my throat feels bad"
   • "she felt bad all over"
2. substantially made or constructed

   Examples

   • "a tough all-weather fabric"
   • "some plastics are as tough as metal"
   • "sturdy canvas"
   • "sturdy steel shelves"
3. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

   Examples

   • "a baffling problem"
   • "a problematic situation at home"
   • "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
4. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

   Examples

   • "a rugged competitive examination"
   • "it was a tough job"
   • "it's a tough life"
   • "the competition was tough"
   • "the rugged conditions of frontier life"
5. unfortunate or hard to bear

   Examples

   • "a tough break"
   • "had hard luck"
6. resistant to cutting or chewing
7. physically toughened

   Example

   • "the tough bottoms of his feet"
8. not given to gentleness or sentimentality

   Example

   • "a tough character"
9. violent and lawless

   Examples

   • "the more ruffianly element"
   • "tough street gangs"

tough noun

1. a cruel and brutal fellow
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal

   Synonyms

   thug

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

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