an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
violent and lawless
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
