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What is the adjective for toughy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs tough and toughen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tough
  1. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
  2. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
  3. Rugged or physically hardy.
  4. Stubborn.
  5. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
  6. Rowdy or rough.
  7. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
  8. (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. strong, sturdy, durable, hard, resilient, rugged, stout, firm, resistant, solid, hardy, inflexible, rigid, stiff, hardened, toughened, vigorous, hard-wearing, leathery, seasoned, sound, substantial, unbreakable, indestructible, inured, brawny, fit, robust, stalwart, strapping, cohesive, conditioned, dense, hardass, healthy, lusty, mighty, moulded, molded, steeled, tight, cast-iron, heavy-duty, long-lasting, well-built, withstanding, hard-bitten, made to last, tough as nails, hard as nails … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “David Dunn is a tough, superhuman vigilante that can also see the crimes people have committed just by having physical contact with them.”
      “The coalition makes no apologies for taking a tough approach to crime.”
      “Some very tough work will be required to complete this demanding project on time.”
toughenable
  1. Capable of being toughened.
toughish
  1. Somewhat tough.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The buffet runs a fish-centric gamut from savory casseroles and coconut-milk stews to toughish scallops and decent sushi.”
      “It is preoccupying the British as never before, and the result will presumably be the toughening of already toughish laws.”
      “The tufts are from six inches to over a foot broad, very much branched, fibrous-fleshy, toughish.”
tougher
  1. comparative form of tough: more tough
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stronger, sturdier, harder, ruggeder, stouter, firmer, hardier, rigider, stiffer, sounder, brawnier, fitter, robuster, denser, healthier, lustier, mightier, tighter, longer-lasting, better-built, more durable, more resilient, more resistant, more solid, more inflexible, more hardened, more vigorous, more hard-wearing, more leathery, more seasoned, more substantial, more unbreakable, more stalwart, more strapping, more cohesive, more cast-iron, more heavy-duty, severer, sterner, stricter, harsher, flintier, austerer, colder, cooler, fiercer, rougher … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She pulled it off in the quagmire at Loch Lomond, but it will certainly be a tougher proposition under the hostile glare of Minneapolis.”
      “Nicely priced, it's a fine bridge between the home player to the individual ready for that quantum jump to bigger money and tougher players.”
      “But that creates the ticklish media management problem of whether to say that the new versions are tougher.”
toughest
  1. superlative form of tough: most tough
  2. Synonyms:
      3. strongest, sturdiest, hardest, ruggedest, stoutest, firmest, hardiest, rigidest, stiffest, soundest, brawniest, fittest, robustest, densest, healthiest, lustiest, mightiest, tightest, longest-lasting, best-built, most durable, most resilient, most resistant, most solid, most inflexible, most hardened, most vigorous, most hard-wearing, most leathery, most seasoned, most substantial, most unbreakable, most stalwart, most strapping, most cohesive, most cast-iron, most heavy-duty, severest, sternest, strictest, harshest, flintiest, austerest, coldest, coolest, fiercest, roughest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This is by far her toughest task to date, but she is at the right end of the handicap to prove competitive.”
      “Saturday's stage was only a warm-up in comparison to this, the toughest stage of the Pyrenees if not the entire Tour.”
      “I can remember a time only a few years ago when Leeds away was one of the toughest fixtures on the list.”
toughed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tough
toughing
  1. present participle of tough
toughened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of toughen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seasoned, strengthened, fortified, hardened, indurated, rigidified, stiffened, thickened, annealed, coarsened, inured, steeled, harshened, beefed up, gave strength to, given strength to, made resilient, set, tempered, solidified, congealed, petrified, cemented, chilled, baked, brazed, dried, starched, toughened up, crystallized, galvanised, ruggedised, galvanized, ossified, densified, concreted, braced, clotted, coagulated, vitrified, buttressed, caked, girt, gelatinized, inspissated, firmed, girded, acclimatised, acclimatized, case-hardened … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Katangan military consisted of a cadre of toughened mercenaries who disregarded the rules of warfare.”
toughening
  1. present participle of toughen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seasoning, strengthening, fortifying, hardening, indurating, rigidifying, stiffening, thickening, annealing, coarsening, inuring, steeling, harshening, beefing up, giving strength to, making resilient, tempering, solidifying, setting, congealing, petrifying, cementing, case-hardening, galvanizing, galvanising, ruggedising, acclimatizing, acclimatising, brazing, baking, chillin, chilling, starching, drying, toughening up, freezing, crystallizing, densifying, ossifying, bracing, coagulating, concreting, clotting, firming, girding, inspissating, caking, gelatinizing, buttressing, vitrifying … more
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