The antonyms for tough guys are mild-mannered, gentle, meek, weak, timid, fragile, and delicate. These terms denote people who are not physically or emotionally strong, and who lack the assertiveness and determination associated with tough guys. Mild-mannered individuals are polite and respectful, while gentle folks are kind and considerate. Meek individuals are submissive and deferential, while weak people lack the physical or mental resilience to face challenges. Timid people are shy and hesitant, and fragile folks are easily broken or damaged. Delicate folks are sensitive and need to be handled with care. These antonyms offer us a range of options for describing people who are the opposite of tough guys.

What are the antonyms for Tough guys?

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Famous quotes with Tough guys

• We couldn't generalize on the people. Some of them were known to be tough guys and they didn't say much, but some of them were kind of soft-headed, but they did that. That was an East German film.

  James Stockdale
• But what we've got going wrong is we've got a kind of bifurcation [in cultural development]: You take your classified telephone directory, and open up "Churches", and have a ruler in your hand. And you will find that the longest space is occupied by authoritarian, Bible-banging churches. And these people are who take the written word of the Bible literally. Because they need terribly, they have a personal need, for something to depend on. … The government realizes that there is a very large number of people like that; and therefore, to keep their votes, they have to pander to those kind of people. And these are the boys who never grew up; they always need Papa. … The trouble is that the boys who need Papa, are violent. They have the guns. And they are the types of people who like to be soldiers, policemen — tough guys. And therefore they have a great deal of power.

  Alan Watts
• Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?

  Jimmy Hoffa

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