Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tough
Tough
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 hard to break, cut, tear, or chew; durable; strong. 2 (of a person) able to endure hardship; hardy. 3 unyielding, stubborn, difficult (it was a tough job; a tough customer). 4 colloq. a acting sternly; hard (get tough with). b (of circumstances, luck, etc.) severe, unpleasant, hard, unjust. 5 colloq. criminal or violent (tough guys). --n. a tough person, esp. a ruffian or criminal. Phrases and idioms tough guy colloq. 1 a hard unyielding person. 2 a violent aggressive person. tough it (or tough it out) colloq. endure or withstand difficult conditions. tough-minded realistic, not sentimental. tough-mindedness being tough-minded. Derivatives toughen v.tr. & intr. toughener n. toughish adj. toughly adv. toughness n. Etymology: OE toh
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tōh; akin to Old High German zāhi ~ Date: before 12th century 1. strong or firm in texture but flexible and not brittle, not easily chewed , glutinous, sticky, characterized by severity or uncompromising determination , capable of enduring strain, hardship, or severe labor , very hard to influence ; stubborn , difficult to accomplish, resolve, endure, or deal with , stubbornly fought , unruly, rowdyish , marked by absence of softness or sentimentality , see: strong ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. adverb Date: 14th century in a ~ manner , III. noun Date: 1801 a ~ person ; rowdy, IV. transitive verb Date: 1830 to bear unflinchingly ; endure ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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