- Types Of Speech
- You can use tough as a article, noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Tough
- A 1 syllables article and 5 letters with the letters g, h, o, t, and u, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Tough starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters t, to, tou, toug, and the ending characters are h, gh, ugh, ough, ..
- Definition
- A cruel and brutal fellow
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Tough is set as a grade one word that starts with t, ends with h, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is tough a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Tough in Pig Latin is said as "oughtay or oughtway".
- Unigram
- t | o | u | g | h
- Bigram
- to | ou | ug | gh
- Trigram
- tou | oug | ugh
- Quadrigram
- toug | ough
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
- someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');
"my throat feels bad";
"she felt bad all over";
"he was feeling tough after a restless night" - substantially made or constructed;
"sturdy steel shelves";
"sturdy canvas";
"a tough all-weather fabric";
"some plastics are as tough as metal" - very difficult;
severely testing stamina or resolution;
"a rugged competitive examination";
"the rugged conditions of frontier life";
"the competition was tough";
"it's a tough life";
"it was a tough job" - unfortunate or hard to bear;
"had hard luck";
"a tough break" - violent and lawless;
"the more ruffianly element";
"tough street gangs"
- Article Examples
- tough to cut or chew
- physically toughened;
"the tough bottoms of his feet" - not given to gentleness or sentimentality;
"a tough character"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiding | unceasing "an abiding belief" "imperishable truths" |
| Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| Abstruse | difficult to penetrate incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge "the professor''s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them" "a deep metaphysical theory" "some recondite problem in historiography" |
| Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
| Ace High | |
| Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
| Acrobatic | vigorously active "an acrobatic dance" "an athletic child" "athletic playing" "gymnastic exercises" |
| Activist | a militant reformer |
| Act Superior | |
| Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
View all cognitive synonyms for Tough
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tough | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| Ought |
View English words with the unique letters used in tough. Words With The Letters Ghotu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Browbeat | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner intimidate |
| Bully | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| Swagger | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aggressor | a confident assertive person who acts as instigator |
| Assailant | someone who attacks |
| Assaulter | someone who attacks |
| Attacker | someone who attacks |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bullyboy | a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction |
| Muscle | muscular strength |
| Muscleman | someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature |
| Plug Ugly | |
| Skinhead | a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations |
| Tough Guy |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thought (7 letters) | 14 +5 | 14 +4 | thought | ||
| Tough (5 letters) | 9 | 10 | ought | ||
| Doughty (7 letters) | 15 +6 | 15 +5 | doughty | ||
| Though (6 letters) | 13 +4 | 13 +3 | though | ||
| Ought (5 letters) | 9 | 10 | ought | ||
| Bought (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 14 +4 | bought |
Tough Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With T
- Ends With H
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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