Tough and Villain

Tough

Tough noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.

Usage example: didn't want her son hanging out with the neighborhood toughs

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Villain and tough are semantically related. in mean topic. In some cases you can use "Villain" instead a noun "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

Usage example: only a heartless villain would kidnap a baby for ransom

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Tough and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tough" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

old	old tough	old villain
female	female tough	female villain
typical	typical tough	typical villain
standard	standard tough	standard villain
Other adjectives: real, big, little, new, final, mysterious, demonic.

Unlike Double before him, however, OOO didn't fight the final villain of the movie and instead showed up to take down the unsuspectingly tough Luna Dopant.

Source: Series / Kamen Rider OOO
It's incredibly tough to determine in a series like that who is a hero or villain because everyone does something underhanded eventually.

Source: Villainy-Free Villain
Arguably, Max Powers of PvP, although it's tough to pin down if he's a villain at all, or if Cole and Brent just take their frustrations out on him.

Source: Anti Villain / Web Comics

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