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toughness

toughness noun: resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.

Noun

toughness (countable and uncountable, plural toughnesses)

  1. (materials science) Resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.
    Synonyms:
    steel
  2. (psychologically, emotionally, or biologically) Fortitude; hardiness; mettle.
    Synonyms:
    steel
  3. A formidable difficulty.

toughness meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Pashto

toughness in Tamil

தாங்கும் திறன், பலம், வலிமை, முறியாமை, முனைப்பு, விடாப்பிடி

toughness in Malayalam

toughness
കടുപ്പം kaṭuppaṁ

toughness in Pashto

toughness
کلکوالى klakwâlay

Examples of toughness in a sentence

  • The steel was heat-treated to improve its toughness and ductility.
  • “Yeah, she does have a certain mental toughness that is unreal,” agreed Berto.
  • The Factory may not be tapped to increase its own toughness if it suffers from summoning sickness.

All 18 example sentences with toughness

Synonyms of toughness

Forms of toughness

pluraltoughnesses

Origin of toughness

From Middle English toughnesse, towghnesse, towghenesse, equivalent to tough + -ness.

Words formed from toughness

Questions about toughness

What does toughness mean?
Toughness means resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.
What is toughness in Tamil?
Toughness in Tamil is தாங்கும் திறன், பலம், வலிமை. See Toughness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is toughness?
Toughness is a noun.
What is the plural of toughness?
The plural of toughness is toughnesses.

Words near toughness in the dictionary

  1. toughish
  2. toughly
  3. toughminded
  4. toughmindedly
  5. toughmindedness
  6. toughness
  7. toughnesses
  8. toughra
  9. toughras
  10. toughs
  11. toughs it out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: toughness (page history and authors); toughness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കടുപ്പം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); کلکوالى (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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