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tough
adjective as in sturdy, strong
Weak matches
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
adjective as in obstinate, rough
Strongest matches
desperate, fierce, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, narrow, resolute, severe, stern, stiff, strict, terrible
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Weak matches
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
adjective as in difficult, laborious
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
“I think, even for AI and everything that it may well deliver, that’s going to be a pretty tough task,” Rosenberg added.
But he had to give up the business, as potential clients needed the physical movement data collected in a very specific manner, making it tougher for him to make money, even with India’s inexpensive labor.
This breakthrough overcame a long-standing obstacle: the species' tough cell walls.
"It's going to be a very tough game, with the whole crowd behind India," said Wolvaardt.
“Everyone is really dancing around the fact that you need a mission that can use force, and that is going to be really tough both in terms of operations but also optics,” said Gowan.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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