LEATHERY Synonyms

• having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute

• (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

• designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• fixed and unmoving

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• an ordinary man

• the dead body of a human being

• to a great degree

• in a stiff manner

• not moving or operating freely

• strong, vigorous

• rigidly formal

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• very drunk

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

• resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

• resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable