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toughish

toughish adjective: somewhat tough.

Adjective

toughish (comparative more toughish, superlative most toughish)

  1. Somewhat tough.
    • The gills are never corky or woody and only slightly fleshy, usually arid and toughish.1918, Calvin Henry Kauffman, The Agaricaceae of Michigan, Volume 1

Forms of toughish

comparativemore toughish
superlativemost toughish

Origin of toughish

From tough + -ish.

Questions about toughish

What does toughish mean?
Toughish means somewhat tough.
What part of speech is toughish?
Toughish is an adjective.

Words near toughish in the dictionary

  1. toughie
  2. toughies
  3. toughing
  4. toughing it out
  5. toughing out
  6. toughish
  7. toughly
  8. toughminded
  9. toughmindedly
  10. toughmindedness
  11. toughness

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