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Meanings of toughness in English

Portuguese
capacidade de resistência
Catalan
resistència
Spanish
resistencia

Enduring strength and energy.

capacidade de resistência
Spanish
dureza

The property of being big and strong.

dureza
Catalan
tremp
Spanish
tenacidad

The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking.

tremp
Spanish
dureza

Impressive difficulty.

dureza
Synonyms
Examples for "formidability"
Examples for "formidability"
1
He'd always believed himself good at recognizing formidability in others.
Serena
2
His chameleon scenarios are elusive targets and he is a slippery polemicist of Sumo formidability.
The Irish Times
3
We salute his bravery and formidability in the face of imperialists and their regime change agenda against Zimbabwe.
The South African
4
He has also frequently worried about the formidability of Assad's air defenses, a mixture of Soviet-era missiles and jets, mostly along Syria's western coast.
The Guardian
Usage of toughness in English
1
She hadn't known she still had any true toughness left in her.
Mine
2
I had no idea that it also referred to her physical toughness.
This child will be great
3
The toughness of your sons in our armed forces is not surprising.
The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Radio Addresse...
4
Flints acquire additional toughness by the evaporation of water contained in them.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
5
What seems certain is that for now an essential toughness has evaporated.
The Guardian
6
He has a reputation on the pitch for physical toughness and endurance.
The Guardian
7
Most likely though, the game loved Sam because of his unrelenting toughness.
The Guardian
8
Borenson wasn't sure what had saved him-his own toughness, luck, or magic.
Sons of the Oak
9
This innate toughness has translated into incredible longevity for the early Rolls-Royce.
BBC
10
He admired the girl's toughness-almostas much as he admired her figure.
The Reality Dysfunction
11
Her Scottish heart liked their toughness and their defiance and their vitality.
The Rains Came
12
Owing to their additional toughness, these specimens are usually in perfect preservation.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
13
There is a toughness and resolve in her voice that is impressive.
First degree
14
He's a big safety with the instincts and toughness to keep up.
Reuters
15
This revealed his vulnerability beneath his outward veneer of toughness and cynicism.
The new yorker
16
She met his gaze, saw that he'd loosened his mask of toughness.
Swan Song
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Toughness through the time
Toughness across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common