toughness
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtʌf.nəs/
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fortaleza
- Her toughness helped her overcome the many challenges she faced in her career.
- mental toughness
- toughness and softness
Wow, That's the toughness I needed to win the gold.
- Wow, That's the toughness I needed to win the gold.
- Tell us about like mental toughness and how your dad made sure you had it.
- One was obviously Kayla's mental toughness, right to, to overcome what she overcame.
- To many, like myself, he's a symbol of guts, spirit, mental toughness, and relentless hard work.
- He was tough and I admire that toughness.
- Like that's the essence of true toughness.
- I'm about to get in there and show my toughness.
- Raising capital takes a certain personality and a certain toughness, communication skills, right?
- People talk about mental toughness and, and, and, and mental strength.
Examples
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Courage, toughness, and a willingness to fight are examples of ways in which players earn respect.
Academic text (2001) -
She is very, very good at recognizing how resilience and toughness, gutsiness can be trained, can be taught.
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You will not find toughness in a comfortable environment.
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Does he have the mental toughness?
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Her leadership, her toughness, her resilience.
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Raising capital takes a certain personality and a certain toughness, communication skills, right?
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"I'm very proud of the way we played the game, the mental toughness we played with."
Blog text (21) -
But our mental toughness is there, and I don't think that should be overlooked.
Fiction book (2001) -
The coaches described the "jump to varsity" as difficult, requiring a "physical and mental toughness."
Academic text (2009) -
Barnes showed us a little toughness, which is missing on this team with Rush's absence.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
651
2.4
A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand
169
1.1
How well a thing resists force without breaking
77
3.4
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
34
5.3
Courage to keep going when things are hard
9
4.6
A person's ability to stay calm and keep trying during hard times
2
5.5
Strength and health that help a person or thing withstand hard conditions
1
4.6
Ability to stay strong and survive difficult weather or illness
1
5.1
Bravery and determination in difficult situations
1
6.0
Being very brave and determined when facing problems
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
How difficult something is to do or understand
Being difficult and needing a lot of effort or skill
A quality that makes something seem very impressive and hard to overcome
A quality of being very powerful that makes people feel fear or respect
How strong and harmful something is, like pain or bad weather
Being very harsh and hard for people or things to endure
A strong will to keep trying and not give up
Being very strong and determined without showing emotion
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toughness comes from tough and the ending -ness, and here tough means 'difficult' or 'hard to get through'. So toughness can describe how challenging something is, for example a very hard exam or a long, rough hike.