Tough

Tough may refer to:

• Toughness, the resistance to fracture of a material when stressed
• Machismo, prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity
• Psychological resilience,

• Jim Barry (c. 1891–1967), aka Tough Barry, Irish hurling coach

• Tough (John Mayall album), 2009
• Tough (Kurtis Blow album), 1982
• Tough (Wishbone Ash album), 2008
• Tough!, 1966 album by Art Blakey
• "Tough" (Craig Morgan song), 2007
• "Tough" (Kellie Pickler song), 2011
• "Tough" (Lewis Capaldi song), 2018
• "Tough" (Quavo and Lana Del Rey song), 2024
• "Tough", 1960 single by The Bill Smith Combo

• Tough (film)
• Kirkton of Tough, settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Tough (manga)
• The Tough, 1957 Egyptian film
• T-ough Press, underground Russian publisher

• Tuff, a type of volcanic rock
• Tough movement, in formal syntax, movement of the object in construction like "the problem is tough to solve"