tough
suomi-englanti sanakirjatough englannista suomeksi
kova, sitkeä
kovanaama
rankka, vaikea, raskas, hankala
huono, paha, karhea, ikävä
vankka, vahva
kovettunut
ankara
kovis
tough englanniksi
(syn)
(ux)
Of a person or animal, rugged or physically hardy.
(quote-book)
Of a person, stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
(U) or rough.
(quote-text)|date=12 Jan 1965|text=They played a Beatle interview album on WBZ Boston radio. Real tough!
1998, Lois Liederman Davitz, Joel Robert Davitz, ''20 Tough Questions Teenagers Ask and 20 Tough Answers'', Paulist Press, pages 6-7,
- But let's get back to the tough question about sex before marriage. And this is a tough question. In fact we would rank the question you've both raised as pretty high on our list of tough questions.
(quote-video game)
2010, Rushworth M. Kidder, ''Good Kids, Tough Choices'', (w) (Jossey-Bass), page 96,
- What Lara faced, in fact, falls right into the pool of light beneath our second lens: making tough choices.
Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
(U), not lenient.
(quote-journal)
(non-gloss)
(quote-journal) chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
{{quote-book|en|title=Heart: a History|author=Sandeep Jauhar|year=2018|ISBN=9780374168650|page=54
To endure.
To toughen.
(alternative form of)
(alt form)