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UK
/tˈʌfnəs/
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[ US /ˈtəfnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtəfnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- the property of being big and strong
- enduring strength and energy
- impressive difficulty
How To Use toughness In A Sentence
- His self-image is rooted in robotic toughness, like the shape-shifting, molten-metal fiend in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Of course, meanness is not toughness, and the right are anything but tough. Think Progress » VIDEO: The Extreme, Violent Rhetoric Of GOP Lawmakers
- She does have a few fears, but they are unknown by most everyone because of her toughness.
- The presentation of this "Judas," polemicizing as it was, was probably never meant to take on the historical and theological dimensions it has, traveling through the last two thousand years and leading up to the present, but with a stubborn toughness it has endured. Robert Eisenman: Redemonizing Judas: Gospel Fiction or Gospel Truth?
- Its excellent toughness is due to a fine-grained structure of tough nickel-ferrite devoid of embrittling carbide networks, which are taken into solution during tempering at 570°C to form stable austenite islands.
- This was a transparent attempt to prove his toughness on crime.
- Late additions of ferrosilicon have been reported to increase toughness.
- A male Cancer-Pisces, fearing that his sensitivity is a form of weakness, may try to assume an aggressive persona, hoping to conceal his feelings with an overt display of toughness or machismo.
- If you are aiming almost for pure comedy, then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense.
- He has mental toughness and is a strong character and an inspirational captain.