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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tough nut, such as: enigma, mystery, perplexity, puzzler, and riddle.
How to use tough nut in a sentence
Altogether, it is a very tough nut to crack, and the force at our disposal none too strong for the work that lies before it.
THE INVASIONWILLIAM LE QUEUXDrank rum by the hogshead, pounded his wife till she left him, and was a tough nut gin'rally.
CAP'N ERIJOSEPH CROSBY LINCOLN"H'm, and a pretty tough nut to crack," threw in Cleek with a little laugh.
THE RIDDLE OF THE PURPLE EMPERORMARY E. HANSHEW AND THOMAS W. HANSHEWPoint is that Houck, who always was a t-tough nut, has gone bad since the boys rode him on a rail.
THE FIGHTING EDGEWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEThis particular member of the force was an unusually tough nut to crack.
OH, YOU TEX!WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEAfter the first rush, it was obvious to the Harn that the cabin was going to be a tough nut to crack.
CAT AND MOUSERALPH WILLIAMS"I guess they found Miss Elizabeth a pretty tough nut to crack," the detective went on.
THE TEMPTING OF TAVERNAKEE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMEven the larger digitals would find this a tough nut to crack, but our baby is a whiz at curves, see?
THE ROMANTIC ANALOGUEW.W. SKUPELDYCKLEHe tries this on very much with me, but I flatter myself he has got a tough nut to crack.
DRACULABRAM STOKERIt is just as if the boys were paired off, a “goody-goody” and a “tough nut” together.
LETTERS OF A RADIO-ENGINEER TO HIS SONJOHN MILLSWORDS RELATED TO TOUGH NUT
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- intransigent
- locked
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tough
- tough nut
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- intransigent
- locked
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tough
- tough nut
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.