Definition for Toughened:

• made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; " a sword of tempered steel"; " tempered glass"

Synonyms for Toughened:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • toughened.
  •callous (adjective)
  • un-feeling,
  • most casehardened,
  • un compassionate,
  • more casehardened,
  • un-concerned,
  • in flexible,
  • in-sensible,
  • in-sensitive,
  • in-different,
  • most toughened,
  • in sensible,
  • un impressionable,
  • in-flexible,
  • in sentient,
  • impassive,
  • hard bitten,
  • most case hardened,
  • more toughened,
  • un-compassionate,
  • un-impressionable,
  • un susceptible,
  • un concerned,
  • case hardened,
  • un sympathetic,
  • most case-hardened,
  • un-affected,
  • un caring,
  • more inured,
  • stubborn,
  • cold blooded,
  • in-sensate,
  • un-susceptible,
  • hard boiled,
  • in sensitive,
  • un-responsive,
  • un bending,
  • most indurated,
  • un feeling,
  • most inured,
  • in different,
  • in-sentient,
  • more indurated,
  • un-sympathetic,
  • un affected,
  • in sensate,
  • un-bending,
  • un responsive,
  • more case-hardened,
  • un-caring,
  • more case hardened.
  •hardened (adjective)
  • coldhearted,
  • irreverent,
  • hard-as-nails,
  • thick-skinned,
  • unsubmissive,
  • unashamed,
  • Unrepenting,
  • hard as nails.
  •seasoned (adjective)
  • more weathered,
  • battlescarred,
  • most battlescarred,
  • most weathered,
  • most battle scarred,
  • battle scarred,
  • vetest,
  • more battle-scarred,
  • more battle scarred,
  • more battlescarred,
  • most battle-scarred.
  •thick-skinned (adjective)
  • thickskinned,
  • thick skinned.
  •unbreakable (adjective)
  • unbreakable,
  • indestructible,
  • non-breakable,
  • nonbreakable,
  • infrangible,
  • brassbound,
  • shatterproof,
  • brass-bound.

• n.

  •annealed (noun)
  • annealed.
  •baked (noun)
  • baked.
  •burned (noun)
  • burned.
  •burnt (noun)
  • burnt.
  •calloused (noun)
  • calloused.
  •enured (noun)
  • enured.
  •sunbaked (noun)
  • sunbaked.
  •thickened (noun)
  • thickened.
  •toughened (noun)
  • weather-beaten,
  • inured.

• v.

  •strengthened (verb)
  • empowered,
  • Energized,
  • buttressed,
  • Propped,
  • braced,
  • enlivened,
  • reinforced,
  • supported,
  • fortified,
  • invigorated,
  • strengthened,
  • Vivified.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • battle-scarred,
  • callous,
  • case-hardened,
  • deaf to,
  • hardened,
  • seasoned,
  • vet,
  • Casehardened,
  • VETER,
  • hardboiled,
  • blind to,
  • coldblooded,
  • been around,
  • been there,
  • hardbitten,
  • worldly wise.
  •n.
  • tempered,
  • tough,
  • treated.

Paraphrases for Toughened:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past participle
    hardened, tightened.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    hardened, soaked, Heightened, tightened, wet, strict, tight, intensive, intense, aggravating, stringent.
  • Verb, past tense
    strengthened, consolidated, enhanced, underscored, Bolstered, emphasised, highlighted, Boosted, emphasized, Cemented, underlined, Promoted, asserted, Insisted, pressed, confirmed, assured, placed.
  • Verb, past participle
    strengthened, reinvigorated, Accentuated, consolidated, sharpened, Furthered, deepened, worsened, augmented, aggravated, enhanced, retightened, underscored, exacerbated, restricted, upgraded, Bolstered, drenched, highlighted, Boosted, re-enforced, solidified, emphasized, Stepped, buttressed, narrowed, involved, Worked, forged, stressed, tempered, Steeped, compounded, dipped, soaked, Heightened.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    tough.
  • Verb, past tense
    reinforced, stressed, tightened.
  • Verb, past participle
    reinforced.

Antonyms for Toughened:

• adj.

  • all
    tender.
  • Other antonyms:
    enervated, delicate, susceptible, untempered, unsound, crippled, unhardened, transient, enfeebled, infirm, unresistant, incapacitated, mortal, puny, diseased, resistless, wasted, vulnerable, soft, worn-out, debilitated, fragile, untoughened, frail, temporary, sensitive, exhausted, weakened, yielding, perishable, weak, emasculated, worn.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    incurable.

Toughened Sentence Examples:

• So after proceeding out of sight of their own wagon, aunt Corinne and her nephew, toughened by this training, would not have owned to each other a wish to go back and sit in safety and peace of nerve again upon the log.

• The Indian seemed tireless; Harding could imagine his muscles having been toughened into something different from ordinary flesh and blood.