Toughie — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an aggressive and violent young criminal

a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈʌfi/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈʌfi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈʌfi/

1 syllable Say it as /tˈʌfi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strong-armer stumper poser hood tough sticker punk hoodlum thug goon

Word Forms

strong-arm	verb	handle roughly
pose	verb	be a mystery or bewildering to
stump	verb	cause to be perplexed or confounded

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

knallhart

ein aggressiver und gewalttätiger junger Krimineller

🇫🇷French

dur à cuire

un jeune criminel agressif et violent

🇪🇸Spanish

duro

un joven criminal agresivo y violento

🇮🇹Italian

duro

un giovane criminale aggressivo e violento

🇳🇱Dutch

stoer

een agressieve en gewelddadige jonge crimineel

🇵🇹Portuguese

durão

um jovem criminoso agressivo e violento

🇷🇺Russian

крутой парень

агрессивный и жестокий молодой преступник

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कठिन

एक आक्रामक और हिंसक युवा अपराधी

🇧🇩Bengali

কঠিন

একজন আক্রমণাত্মক এবং হিংস্র তরুণ অপরাধী

🇮🇳Tamil

கடினமான

ஒரு ஆக்கிரமிப்பு மற்றும் வன்முறை இளம் குற்றவாளி

🇮🇳Telugu

కఠినమైన

దూకుడు మరియు హింసాత్మక యువ నేరస్థుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

कठीण

एक आक्रमक आणि हिंसक तरुण गुन्हेगार

🇮🇳Gujarati

કઠિન

એક આક્રમક અને હિંસક યુવાન ગુનેગાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಠಿಣ

ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕ ಯುವ ಅಪರಾಧಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഠിനമായ

ആക്രമണകാരിയും അക്രമാസക്തനുമായ ഒരു യുവ കുറ്റവാളി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਖ਼ਤ

ਇੱਕ ਹਮਲਾਵਰ ਅਤੇ ਹਿੰਸਕ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سخت

ایک جارحانہ اور پرتشدد نوجوان مجرم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶棍

一个好斗且暴力的年轻罪犯

🇯🇵Japanese

タフイー

攻撃的で暴力的な若い犯罪者

🇰🇷Korean

강인한

공격적이고 폭력적인 젊은 범죄자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người cứng rắn

một tên tội phạm trẻ tuổi hung hãn và bạo lực

🇹🇭Thai

แกร่ง

อาชญากรหนุ่มผู้ก้าวร้าวและรุนแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

tangguh

seorang penjahat muda yang agresif dan kejam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قوي

شاب مجرم عدواني وعنيف

🇮🇷Persian

سرسخت

یک جنایتکار جوان پرخاشگر و خشن

🇹🇷Turkish

dayanıklı

saldırgan ve şiddetli genç bir suçlu

🇮🇱Hebrew

קשוחה

פושע צעיר אגרסיבי ואלים

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