tough-minded
tough-minded adjective: not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
Adjective
tough-minded (comparative more tough-minded, superlative most tough-minded)
- Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
- [T]his was the Society of Jesus, founded in Spain five hundred years before by a tough-minded soldier who trained men to hold a breach or a salon, preach a sermon or write a treaty, and do it and not argue …1920 September, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Benediction”, in Flappers and Philosophers, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, part II, page 197
- Britain's Peregrine Worsthorne, 36, is a tough-minded Tory journalist with scant regard for preconceived opinions—his own or anybody else's.1960 August 29, “Great Britain: Somebody Out There Likes Us”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- realistic, unsentimental, unwavering
Synonyms of tough-minded
Forms of tough-minded
| comparative | more tough-minded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tough-minded |
Words formed from tough-minded
Questions about tough-minded
- What does tough-minded mean?
- Tough-minded means not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
- What part of speech is tough-minded?
- Tough-minded is an adjective.
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