making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
unfortunate or hard to bear
violent and lawless
physically toughened
an aggressive and violent young criminal
a cruel and brutal fellow
substantially made or constructed
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
resistant to cutting or chewing
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
a boat for communication between ship and shore
physically untoughened
propose a payment
hurting
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
having or displaying warmth or affection
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
easy to cut or chew
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
make a tender of; in legal settlements
offer or present for acceptance
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
young and immature
