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— English words —

• tough adj. (Of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
• tough adj. (Of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
• tough adj. (Of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy.
• tough adj. (Of a person) Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
• tough adj. (Of weather, etc.) Harsh or severe.
• tough adj. Rowdy or rough.
• tough adj. (Of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
• tough adj. (Material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
• tough interj. (Slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy.
• tough n. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
• tough v. To endure.
• tough v. To toughen.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • tough n. Alternative form of tow.

— English words, defined in German —

• tough Adj. Taff, hart im Nehmen sein.
• tough Adj. Gegenstände: widerstandsfähig, robust.
• tough Adj. Fleisch: zäh.
• tough Adj. In schwierigen Situationen die Zuversicht verlangt.
• tough Adj. Schwierige Zustände/ Ereignisse die ein hohes Maß an Zuversicht erfordern.
• tough Adj. Sympathie gegenüber einer Person ausdrücken, die in einer schwierigen Situation ist/die eine schwierige…
• tough Adj. Nicht von der eigenen Linie abweichen, nicht mit sich reden lassen, kompromisslos.
• tough Adj. Fehlende Sympathie gegenüber einer Person ausdrückend; Pech gehabt!
• tough Adj. Gebiet: ein gefährliches Viertel/ Gegend, eine verrufene Gegend.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• tough bijv. Taai.
• tough bijv. Stoer.

— English words, defined in French —

• tough adj. Sévère, austère, rude.
• tough adj. Laborieux, pénible, rude.
• tough adj. (Sens figuré) Difficile, dur, pénible.
• tough adj. (Sens figuré) Robuste.
• tough adj. (Sens figuré) Fort, puissant, coriace.
• tough adj. (Cuisine) Coriace (en parlant de la viande).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• tough adj. Duro, fuerte.
• tough adj. Áspero.
• tough adj. Severo.
• tough adj. Frío, práctico, no sentimental.
• tough adj. Excelente.
• tough adv. Duramente, friamente.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• tough adj. Duro.
• tough adj. Durão.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• tough agg. Resistente, forte, tenace, ostinato.
• tough agg. (Di cibo) duro, tiglioso, stopposo, gommoso.
• tough agg. (Di popolo) robusto, resistente, duro, forte.
• tough agg. Rigido, severo, duro, deciso, tosto.
• tough agg. Duro, arduo, difficile, aspro, tosto.
• tough agg. (Di clima) aspro, crudo, inclemente.
• tough agg. (Familiare) duro, doloroso, spiacevole, difficile da sopportare.
• tough agg. (Familiare) turbolento, violento, facinoroso, scalmanato.
• tough s. (Familiare) teppista.
• tough s. Gangster, bandito.

— In French —

• tough adj. (Canada) (Familier) (Anglicisme) Fort, résistant.
• tough adj. (Canada) (Familier) (Anglicisme) Pénible.
• tough n. (Canada) (Familier) (Anglicisme) Dur à cuire.
• tough n.m. Variante orthographique rare de toug.

53 English words from 13 English definitions

Alternative and animal before breaking bully capable chew cut deformation demanding Difficult endure etc food force form hardy Harsh indicate lack material Material␣science obtains Of␣a persistence persistent person physically plastic plastic␣deformation questions resilient rough Rowdy Rugged science severe Slang Strong Stubborn stubbornness sturdy sympathy things thug toughen tow Undergoing Used Used␣to weather who

31 English words from 39 foreign definitions

aspro bandito Canada crudo Cuisine der die difficile doloroso dur Duro Fort forte Gangster hart ist ostinato Pech Person popolo puissant rare robust rude sein Sens sentimental sich Situation Taff tenace

85 foreign words from 39 foreign definitions

abweichen Anglicisme arduo Áspero ausdrücken ausdrückend austère cibo clima coriace cuire deciso de␣la Dur␣à␣cuire Duramente duro eigenen ein eine einer Ereignisse erfordern Excelente facinoroso Familiare Familier Fehlende figuré Fleisch Frío fuerte Gebiet gefährliches Gegend Gegenstände gegenüber gehabt hart␣im␣Nehmen␣sein hohes inclemente kompromisslos Laborieux lassen Linie Maß Maß␣an mit Nehmen nicht orthographique parlant pénible práctico reden résistant resistente Rigido Robuste robusto scalmanato schwierige schwierigen Sens␣figuré Sévère severo Situationen spiacevole Stoer Sympathie Taai teppista tosto toug turbolento Variante verlangt verrufene viande Viertel violento von widerstandsfähig zäh Zustände Zuversicht

91 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

toughs toughy toughed toughen tougher toughie toughly toughra toughens toughest tough-guy tough␣guy toughies toughing toughish tough␣out toughras tough-cake tough␣call tough␣case toughened toughener toughen␣up tough␣guys tough-love tough␣love tough␣luck toughness tough␣shit toughs␣out tough␣break tough-cakes tough␣calls tough␣cases tough␣crowd toughed␣out tougheners toughening toughens␣up tough␣going tough-loved tough␣loved tough-loves tough␣loves tough-pitch tough␣tarts tough␣titty tough␣as␣teak tough␣cookie tough␣crowds +41 words

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Stoughs retoughen Stoughton retoughens Stoughtons retoughened untoughened retoughening graph␣toughness

14 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Stough untough do␣it␣tough hang␣tough hung␣tough semitough did␣it␣tough hangs␣tough supertough ultratough does␣it␣tough done␣it␣tough doing␣it␣tough hanging␣tough

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ough TOU ugh

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Guo

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ought

30 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bought cought dought fought Fought ghotul Ghotuo Ghouta go␣phut goth␣up hognut hogtub hog-tub hog␣tub hotgun hutong mought nought oughta oughts rought Rought sought Stough though toughs toughy trough Vought yought

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

goth Goth Goth. gout Guth hout Hout Hugo Huot ough thou Thou thug

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bough Bough cough dough fough Gough hough Hough jough Kough lough Lough 'nough Pough rough Rough sough Sough teugh touch Toukh wough

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

ough

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

though trough

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