Word Meanings - TOUGHISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Tough in a slight degree.
Related words: (words related to TOUGHISH)
- SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - SLIGHTEN
To slight. B. Jonson. - SLIGHTINGLY
In a slighting manner. - SLIGHT
Sleight. Spenser. - TOUGH-CAKE
See - TOUGHEN
To grow or make tough, or tougher. - TOUGH-HEAD
The ruddy duck. - TOUGH-PITCH
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake. - TOUGHLY
In a tough manner. - SLIGHTY
Slight. Echard. - DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third - SLIGHTER
One who slights. - SLIGHTFUL
See SLEIGHTFUL - SLIGHTLY
1. In a slight manner. 2. Slightingly; negligently. Shak. - SLIGHTING
Characterized by neglect or disregard. - TOUGHISH
Tough in a slight degree. - TOUGH
toh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zahi, G. zähe, and 1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. - TOUGHNESS
The quality or state of being tough. - GASLIGHT
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas. 2. A gas jet or burner. - MISLIGHT
To deceive or lead astray with a false light. Herrick.