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Showing words for TOUGHNESS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Toughness

oughtness, toughness

8 Letter Words for Toughness

gunshots, shotguns, toughens

7 Letter Words for Toughness

enoughs, gunshot, gustoes, hognuts, hotness, outness, shoguns, shotgun, tongues, tonuses, toughen, uhtsong, unshoes

6 Letter Words for Toughness

enough, ethnog, ethnos, ghosts, gnoses, goshen, goshes, goshts, guests, gushes, gushet, gusset, gustos, gutses, hogens, hognut, honest, houses, hugest, noshes, nothus, nouses, oengus, onsets, onuses, oughts, segnos, seston, setons, setous, shogun, shotes, shouse, shouts, shunts, shutes, snouts, soughs, sought, souths, stenog, stenos, stheno, stones, stouns, stoush, sugent, sunset, thegns, thongs, thouse, thunge, thuses, togues, tongue, toshes, tossen, toughs, touses, tungos, tushes, tusseh, ughten, ungets, unhose, unsets, unshoe, unshot

5 Letter Words for Toughness

estus, ethos, eughs, genos, gents, genus, gesso, gests, ghess, ghest, ghost, gosht, gosse, goths, gouts, guess, guest, gusto, gusts, hents, hests, hogen, hones, hongs, hosen, hoses, hosts, hoten, house, houss, houts, hunts, husos, negus, nests, nohes, noses, notes, notus, onset, osset, ought, ousts, outen, segno, segos, segou, senso, sensu, sents, seton, seugh, sheng, shent, shets, shoes, shogs, shone, shote, shots, shout, shune, shuns, shunt, shute, shuts, snogs, snots, snout, snugs, snush, soget, sones, songs, sonse, soths, sough, souse, south, souts, stegh, steng, steno, stens, stone, stong, stosh, stoun, stung, stuns, suent, suets, sughs, tegus, tengu, tenso, teugh, thegn, thens, theos, thone, thong, those, thous, thugs, thung, toges, togue, tones, tongs, tonus, toses, tough, touns, touse, tunes, tungo, tungs, tushs, uneth, unget, ungot, unhot, unset, usent

4 Letter Words for Toughness

egos, engs, ento, eons, ests, eths, eton, eugh, gens, gent, genu, geos, gess, gest, gets, gneu, gnus, goen, goes, gone, gons, gosh, goss, gote, goth, gout, gues, guns, gush, guss, gust, guts, heng, hens, hent, hest, hets, hoes, hogs, hone, hong, hons, hont, hose, hoss, host, hote, hots, hout, hues, huge, hugo, hugs, hung, huns, hunt, huse, huso, huss, hust, huts, negs, nesh, ness, nest, neth, nets, neut, noes, nogs, nose, nosh, note, nots, nous, nout, nuts, ones, onst, onus, oses, osse, otus, ough, oust, outs, sego, segs, sens, sent, seth, sets, shes, shet, shoe, shog, shot, shou, shtg, shug, shun, shut, snog, snot, snug, sogs, sone, song, sons, sosh, soth, sots, sous, sout, steg, sten, stge, stog, stue, stug, stun, sues, suet, sugh, sune, sung, suns, sunt, tegs, tegu, teng, tens, then, thon, thos, thou, thug, thus, toes, toge, togs, tone, tong, tons, tose, tosh, toss, toug, toun, tsun, tues, tugs, tune, tung, tuno, tuns, tush, ughs, ungt, unto, uses, utes

3 Letter Words for Toughness

ego, ehs, eng, ens, eon, eos, ess, est, esu, eth, gen, geo, get, gns, gnu, gon, gos, got, gou, gte, gue, gun, gus, gut, hen, heo, hes, het, hgt, hoe, hog, hon, hos, hot, hts, hue, hug, hun, hut, neg, neo, net, nog, noh, nos, not, nth, nus, nut, oes, ohs, one, ons, ont, ose, ous, out, seg, sen, set, she, sho, sht, sog, son, sot, sou, sse, ssh, ssu, stg, sue, sun, sus, teg, ten, tes, tgn, the, tho, tng, toe, tog, ton, tos, tou, tsh, tss, tue, tug, tun, ugh, ugs, ugt, uhs, ung, unh, uns, use, ush, ust, ute, uts

Definitions for Toughness

[1] strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
[2] not brittle or tender.
[3] difficult to masticate, as food: a tough steak.
[4] of viscous consistency, as liquid or semiliquid matter: tough molasses.
[5] capable of great endurance; sturdy; hardy: tough troops.
[6] not easily influenced, as a person; unyielding; stubborn: a tough man to work for.
[7] hardened; incorrigible: a tough criminal.
[8] difficult to perform, accomplish, or deal with; hard, trying, or troublesome: a tough problem.
[9] hard to bear or endure (often used ironically): tough luck.
[10] vigorous; severe; violent: a tough struggle.
[11] vicious; rough; rowdyish: a tough character; a tough neighborhood.
[12] practical, realistic, and lacking in sentimentality; tough-minded.
[13] Slang . remarkably excellent; first-rate; great.
[14] in a tough manner.
[15] a ruffian; rowdy.
[16] hang tough , Slang . hang(def 56) .
[17] tough it out , Informal . to endure or resist hardship or adversity.
[18] the quality or an instance of being tough
[19] metallurgy the ability of a metal to withstand repeated twisting and bending, measured by the energy in kilojoules needed to break it See brittleness (def. 2), softness (def. 2)
[20] strong or resilient; durable a tough material
[21] not tender he could not eat the tough steak
[22] having a great capacity for endurance; hardy and fit a tough mountaineer
[23] rough or pugnacious a tough gangster
[24] resolute or intractable a tough employer
[25] difficult or troublesome to do or deal with a tough problem
[26] informal unfortunate or unlucky it's tough on him
[27] a rough, vicious, or pugnacious person
[28] informal violently, aggressively, or intractably to treat someone tough
[29] hang tough informal to be or appear to be strong or determined
[30] (tr) slang to stand firm, hold out against (a difficulty or difficult situation) (esp in tough it out )

Words related to Toughness

toughperseverance, resolve, grit, stubbornness, willpower, seriousness, decisiveness, firmness, fortitude, persistence, sharpness, resoluteness, will, earnestness, backbone, obstinacy, pluck, spine, purposefulness, purpose

Words nearby Toughness

toughtouchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, touché, touggourt, tough, tough break, tough it out, tough love, tough nut, tough pitch

Origin of Toughness

before 900; Middle English (adj.); Old English tōh; compare Dutch taai, German zäh(e )

Other words from Toughness

tough·ly , adverb
tough·ness , noun
su·per·tough , adjective
un·tough , adjective
un·tough·ly , adverb
un·tough·ness , noun

Word origin for Toughness

Old English tōh; related to Old High German zāhi tough, Old Norse tā trodden ground in front of a house

Synonyms for Toughness

decisiveness, firmness, fortitude, grit, perseverance, persistence, resolve, seriousness, stubbornness, willpower, backbone, doggedness, earnestness, obstinacy, obstinance, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, spine, volition, will, decidedness, iron will, purposiveness, will power