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synonyms for tough
- hard
- healthy
- resilient
- solid
- stiff
- tenacious
- tight
- vigorous
- firm
- fit
- hardy
- stalwart
- stout
- brawny
- cohesive
- conditioned
- dense
- durable
- fibrous
- flinty
- hard as nails
- hard-bitten
- hardened
- indigestible
- inflexible
- leathery
- lusty
- mighty
- molded
- resistant
- rigid
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- sinewy
- steeled
- strapping
- tough as nails
- unbreakable
- unyielding
- withstanding
- desperate
- fierce
- hard
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- narrow
- resolute
- severe
- stern
- stiff
- strict
- terrible
- adamant
- firm
- refractory
- savage
- arbitrary
- callous
- confirmed
- cruel
- drastic
- exacting
- ferocious
- fixed
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-line
- hard-shelled
- headstrong
- immutable
- inflexible
- intractable
- merciless
- obdurate
- pugnacious
- ruffianly
- ruthless
- stubborn
- taut
- unalterable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncontrollable
- unforgiving
- unmanageable
- unyielding
- vicious
- violent
- arduous
- demanding
- hard
- onerous
- severe
- stiff
- strenuous
- troublesome
- handful
- heavy
- mean
- uphill
- backbreaking
- baffling
- burdensome
- effortful
- exacting
- exhausting
- exigent
- grievous
- hairy
- intractable
- intricate
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- no piece of cake
- oppressive
- perplexing
- puzzling
- resisting
- taxing
- thorny
- toilsome
- trying
- unyielding
- weighty
- wicked
- hooligan
- rough
- thug
- bruiser
- brute
- bully
- criminal
- gangster
- goon
- hood
- hoodlum
- punk
- roughneck
- rowdy
- ruffian
- villain
- amenable
- easy
- flexible
- pliable
- pliant
- tolerant
- uncertain
- yielding
- controllable
- delicate
- fragile
- tender
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Our last game we were coming off Lewis & Clark, and that was a tough game.
FOR THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM, COVID MEANS THE SEASON STARTS IN FEBRUARY — WITH SENIOR DAYGLYNN A. HILLFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis is a way for animals to break down tough plant material like grass.
HOW DO YOU BUILD A CENTAUR?BETHANY BROOKSHIREFEBRUARY 10, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSHe spent the entire ride explaining how he was tough on the gloves while he skied but rewaterproofed them as often as once a week during the season.
THE BEST SKI GLOVES ARE THE SIMPLEST ONESJOE JACKSONFEBRUARY 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIf not, gathering about 14,000 signatures in 120 days will be very tough.
MORNING REPORT: THE DEAL WITH THE JEN CAMPBELL RECALLVOICE OF SAN DIEGOFEBRUARY 9, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOI learned some very tough lessons during some very tough times.
REPUBLICAN REP. NANCY MACE ON THE CAPITOL INSURRECTION: ‘WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR PARTY’KK OTTESENFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Chiefs weren’t as tough as they looked, he texted Leonard Fournette.
TOM BRADY STILL HAS THE ITCH, AND IT’S TAKEN HIM PLACES NO FOOTBALL PLAYER HAS BEENSALLY JENKINSFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFor all the moms out there who had a tough recovery from pregnancy—here you go.
SERENA WILLIAMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO FLOJO WITH A SINGLE-LEGGED CATSUITCINDY BORENFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST“Andy’s not afraid to make tough decisions,” the person said.
AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS‘S SUCCESSOR WILL INHERIT HIS CHALLENGESJAY GREENE, CAT ZAKRZEWSKIFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey were the tougher team tonight, and that’s been a category that typically favors the Hokies.
PITT PULLS AWAY FROM VIRGINIA TECH IN SECOND HALFGENE WANGFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s a tough time to be a Deal student, a Deal parent or a Deal teacher.
HERE’S THE DEAL WITH ALICE DEAL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAMED IN HER HONORJOHN KELLYFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO TOUGH
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