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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The property or character of being tough, in any sense.

Wiktionary

  1. n. uncountable The state of being tough
  2. n. physics, of a metal Resistance to fracture when stressed
  3. n. A formidable difficulty

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The quality or state of being tough.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. impressive difficulty
  2. n. enduring strength and energy
  3. n. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
  4. n. the property of being big and strong

Examples

  • “He spends the rest of his piece outlining what he calls the toughness gap, but what he has illustrated is in fact a decency gap.”

    Newsweek: Mail Call: Debating The Merits Of George W. Bush

  • “Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistence hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be”

    Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.

  • “Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistance hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be 'strength' in wrestling your dragon; the whole man's real strength is in this work, we shall get the measure of him here.”

    Past and Present

  • “That kind of toughness is a big reason they lead the NHL with 33 points.”

    USATODAY.com

  • “But as long as hard hits are part of the fabric of the game, a mark by which players 'toughness is measured, one rule change will not be enough.”

    The Washington Post: More to be done

  • “But the people of Michigan are tough, too, and this toughness is reflected on the football field by the Lions.”

    The Washington Post: Political Football: Ghost of Lions games past

  • “There was always a certain toughness about him, a stony aloofness, a quality Uncle Merlin likes to call “flintiness.””

    Lance Mannion:

  • “Not only the way he played through the physical pain, but to have that mental toughness is completely admirable.”

    Cardinals' Freese on hot seat at hot corner

  • “Clinton's so called toughness is divisive unless you are in her camp.”

    Easley on Clinton: She makes Rocky look like a 'pansy'

  • “(AP) - The veteran Dallas Mavericks gave the Portland Trail Blazers a lesson in toughness and discipline.”

    USATODAY.com

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