tough-minded
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.06 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
Example Sentences
- "[T]his was the Society of Jesus, founded in Spain five hundred years before by a tough-minded soldier who trained men to hold a breach or a salon, preach a sermon or write a treaty, and do it and not argue …"
- "Britain's Peregrine Worsthorne, 36, is a tough-minded Tory journalist with scant regard for preconceived opinions—his own or anybody else's."
- "They considered themselves tough-minded realists, and regarded doubters as fuzzy-minded whiners."
Inflected Forms
more tough-minded (comparative)
most tough-minded (superlative)