Harsh or severe.
Difficult or demanding.
Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
Difficult to cut or chew.
Rugged or physically hardy.
Rowdy or rough.
Used to indicate lack of sympathy
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
To endure.
To toughen.
Most harmful or severe.
Most unfavorable.
Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
Most inferior; doing the least good.
Something or someone that is the worst.
To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.