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tough meaning in Malayalam

കഠിനം

/tʌf/

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tough in Malayalam: കഠിനം. In English, tough means of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.

Malayalam words for tough

കഠിനം

English meaning of tough

  1. adjective Of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.
  2. adjective Of food, difficult to cut or chew.
  3. adjective Of a person or animal, rugged or physically hardy.
  4. adjective Of a person, stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.

Full definition of tough

tough in a sentence

  • The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.
  • To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.
  • Only a tough species will survive in the desert.

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Questions about tough in Malayalam

What is the meaning of tough in Malayalam?
Tough in Malayalam is കഠിനം.
tough എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Tough: കഠിനം.
What does tough mean in English?
Tough means of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.

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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: tough (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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