Tough

"Tough" in Finnish

ankara

(harsh or severe)

hankala

(difficult or demanding)

kova

(rowdy or rough)

sitkeä

(difficult to chew)

sitkeä

(rugged or physically hardy)

sitkeä

(material science: undergoing plastic deformation before breaking)

vaativa

(difficult or demanding)

harmi

(lack of sympathy)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.