Toughing

Synonyms for "toughing" (709 found)

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Closest matches (142)

bad bully cartilaginous chewy fibrous hood leatherlike rugged strict sturdy unsentimental abiding abstruse ace-high acute adamant adamantine adherent adhesive age-long

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Adjective(24 words)

hard grim inflexible rigid robust stony unbending unyielding adamant adamantine ardent arduous bent on bloody-minded bullheaded callous certain challenging chronic cold

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cold-eyed concrete confirmed determined

Noun(2 words)

agitator bully

Adjective(2 words)

bad baffling

Strong matches (213)

Adjective(35 words)

diehard difficult disorderly dogged dour effortful firm flint-hearted forbidding frosty granitic hard-boiled hard-hearted hard-nosed hardened hardheaded hardhearted hardy harsh headstrong

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heartless humorless icy immovable incalcitrant inclement insensitive insistent intractable intransigent intrepid inveterate iron-hearted irrefragable lithic

difficile difficult disputant diuturnal domineering doughty doughy dour dragon drastic ducky duelist durable dure effortful enduring enforcer enured evergreen exacting

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excessive exigent exorbitant extravagant extreme fab fencer feuder fiend fierce fighter fighting cock fine and dandy fire eater fire-eater firebrand firm fixed flintlike flinty foilsman forced formidable furious fury game gamecock gamy gangster garbled gaumy gear gelatinous giant gladiator glairy gluelike gluey glutenous glutinose glutinous goliath gooey goon gorilla granitelike granitic great grievous grim gristly gritty groovy grueling grumous gumbo gumbolike gumlike gummous gummy gun gunsel gutsy gutty hairy hard hard as nails hard bitten hard earned hard fought hard to understand hard-bitten hard-boiled hard-earned hard-fought hard-line hard-nosed hard-set hardened hardhearted hardnose hardy harsh hatchet man heavy hefty hell raiser hell-raiser hellcat hellhound hellion herculean hercules holy terror hoodlum hooligan horny hot hothead hotspur hunky dory hunky-dory husky icy immoderate immutable incendiary inflexible inspissated intemperate intense intractable intransient intrepid intricate inured inveterate irksome iron-hard ironlike jam-up jawbreaking jelled jellied jellylike jouster jumbled just dandy keen killer killing knight knotted knotty labored laborious lapideous lasting leathery lithoid lithoidal long lasting long lived long standing long term long-lasting

Adjective(3 words)

elusive hard knotty

Noun(9 words)

goon hard case hood hoodlum hool hoolie hooligan instigator jackanapes

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long-lived long-standing long-term longeval longevous macrobiotic mad dog madcap mafioso manly marble marblelike marvy massive mean merciless meticulous mettlesome militant monster

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mucilaginous mucker mug mugger muscle man muscular mystifying nail narrow neat nervy nifty no picnic nobby not easy obdurate obfuscated obscure obscured obstinate of long duration of long standing ok okay onerous operose oppressive osseous out of sight out of this world outrageous overtechnical painful pasty peachy peachy-keen perdurable perduring perennial permanent perpetual perplexed perplexing persistent persisting pertinacious picnic piercing plucky plug ugly plug-ugly polyphemus powerful powerhouse problematical procrustean proof punishing punk puzzling quarreler rapist realistic red blooded red-blooded refractory regrettable relentless remaining resistant resistive resolute revolutionary rigid rigorous rioter ripping rival rocklike rocky rodman ropy rough roughneck rowdy ruffian ruffianly rum ruthless sabreur samson savage scrambled scrapper scrumptious scuffler self-adhesive sempervirent serious serviceable set with thorns severe sharp she-wolf sinewy slabby slap-up slimy slithery smashing solid something else sound spartan spartanic spiffing spiffy spiny spirited spiritful spitfire splitting spunky squabbler stable stalwart starchy staying steadfast steady steellike steely steep stern stickable sticky stiff stodgy stonelike stony stout strained strapping street fighter streetfighter strenuous stringent stringy strong strong arm strong man strong-arm man strong-armer struggler stubborn stunning substantial superincumbent superman swashbuckler swell sword swordplayer swordsman syrupy tacky tarzan taut taxing tenacious termagant terrible terror terrorist the mighty the strong thick thick-skinned thickened thorny thug ticklish tiger tight tigress tilter titan toilsome torpedo tough as leather tough guy tough skinned tower of strength tremelloid tremellose tricky trigger man troublesome trying tussler ugly customer unalterable unasked unbending unbreakable uncaring unchewable uncomfortable uncompromising unconscionable underprivileged unfading unfeeling ungiving unkind unsparing unsympathetic untiring unyielding uphill vehement venomous vigorous violent virago virile virulent viscid viscose viscous vital vixen wearisome weather beaten weighty well-built well-constructed well-founded well-grounded well-made wicked wild beast wiry witch withstanding wizard wolf wrangler yahoo young turk

Noun(22 words)

lout mischief mischief-maker mite pot stirrer punk rantipole roly-poly roughneck rowdy ruffian scamp stirrer street fighter strong-armer thug tough titty toughie troublemaker yob

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yobbo yobo

Adjective(55 words)

mulish murderous nasty obdurate obstinate obstreperous peevish peremptory persistent pertinacious pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resistant resolute resolved rigorous rockhearted rocky self-willed

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Adjective(6 words)

problematic problematical ruffianly rugged sturdy toughened

Phrase(1 words)

sucks to be you

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