Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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leathered | No | Yes | No | No |
tough | Yes | Yes | No | No |
leathered (noun) | tough (noun) |
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an aggressive and violent young criminal | |
a cruel and brutal fellow | |
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
leathered (adjective) | tough (adjective) |
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resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | resistant to cutting or chewing |
physically toughened | |
not given to gentleness or sentimentality | |
unfortunate or hard to bear | |
substantially made or constructed | |
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | |
violent and lawless | |
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution | |
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |