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TOUGH

Definition:

[noun] someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
Synonyms: street fighter
[noun] an aggressive and violent young criminal
Synonyms: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, ie, strong-armer
[noun] a cruel and brutal fellow
Synonyms: bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
[adjective] not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
[adjective] very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
Synonyms: rugged
[adjective] physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
Synonyms: ened
[adjective] substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
Synonyms: sturdy
[adjective] violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"
Synonyms: ruffianly
[adjective] feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
Synonyms: bad
[adjective] tough to cut or chew
[adjective] unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
Synonyms: hard