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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  tough
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  adamant, adamantine, aggressive, bold, crustaceous, durable, enduring, feisty, fibrous, forceful, hard-nosed, hardy, impassive, inured, resilient, resistant, spartan, stoical, stubborn, tenacious, threatening
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  tough
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions.
Synonyms:  hoodlum, mug, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  tough
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  aggressive, bard, brutal, bullheaded, bully, callous, demanding, difficult, durable, enduring, flinty, goon, hardened, hardheaded, hardihood, hardy, harsh, hoodlum, hooligan, laborious, leathery, mulish, obstinate, pigheaded, pugnacious, punk, resilient, resistant, resolute, rigid, robust, rough, rowdy, ruffian, rugged, ruthless, severe, stern, stiff, strenuous, strict, strong, stubborn, sturdy, taxing, tenacity, thug, toughness, unfortunate, unyielding, uphill, vigorous, violent, viscous
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  burdensome
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength.
Synonyms:  arduous, backbreaking, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, trying, weighty
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  difficult
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Not easy to do, achieve, or master.
Synonyms:  arduous, hard, laborious, serious, tall, uphill
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  endure
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To carry on through despite hardships.
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  firm
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Indicating or possessing determination, resolution, or persistence.
Synonyms:  constant, determined, resolute, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unwavering, unyielding
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  hard
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Physically toughened so as to have great endurance.
Synonyms:  hard-bitten, hard-handed, hardy, rugged
Idioms:  hard as nails
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  rough
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Marked by vigorous physical exertion.
Synonyms:  knockabout, rough-and-tumble, rugged, strenuous
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  severe
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Rigorous and unsparing in treating others.
Synonyms:  demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, stern, strict, unyielding

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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