Toughness Synonyms

The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. austerity
  2. hardness
  3. harshness
  4. rigidity
  5. rigor
  6. huskiness
  7. rigorousness
  8. severity
  9. sternness
  10. strictness
  11. stringency
  12. ruggedness
Unwavering firmness of character, action, or will
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. decidedness
  2. decision
  3. decisiveness
  4. determination
  5. firmness
  6. purpose
  7. temper
  8. stamina
  9. purposefulness
  10. resoluteness
  11. resolution
  12. resolve
  13. will
  14. willpower
  15. staying power
Impressive difficulty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. formidability

Words Related to Toughness

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Toughness Sentence Examples

  • She'd never found someone with her mental toughness, someone who could challenge her.

  • Its strength and toughness render it valuable for naval purposes, to which it is largely applied; its freedom from any tendency to split adapts it for clinker-built boats.

  • Cheerleaders are tough, even if their toughness is topped with makeup and a bow.

  • Poultry meat toughness reaches its maximum level as recently slaughtered carcasses are washed, but the meat becomes more tender as carcasses are chilled.

  • Listeners must have felt that Today ' s chief inquisitors, John Humphrys and James Naughtie, had moderated their toughness when confronting politicians.

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