Tough
//tʌf//
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The word "tough" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, verb and intj.
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do it tough hang tough semitough supertough tough act to follow tough as nails tough as old boots tough as teak tough ask tough bananas tough break tough call tough case tough cookie tough cookies tough crowd tough going tough guy tough it out tough love tough luck tough noogies tough nut tough nut to crack tough on crime tough out tough pill to swallow tough road to hoe tough row to hoe tough sell tough shit tough sledding tough tacos tough tarts tough times tough titties tough titty tough titty said the kitty tough toenails tough toodles tough tooshie tough tuchus tough tushie tough-cake tough-guy tough-guyness tough-love tough-minded tough-pitch tough-skinned toughen toughie toughish toughly toughness toughy ultratough when the going gets tough, the tough get going
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bad bad callous calloused calloused cartilaginous cartilaginous chewy chewy coriaceous difficult enured enured experienced experient fibrous fibrous gristly hard hard bitten hard-bitten hard-boiled hardened hempen inedible insensitive inured leathered leatherlike leatherlike leathery pugnacious rubbery rugged sinewy stringy strong thickened tough skinned tough-minded tough-skinned unchewable unchewable uncomfortable uncomfortable uneatable unsentimental unsentimental violent weather beaten weather-beaten
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