Words and phrases that have a meaning related to toughened: (137 results)
Antonyms:
tender, unhardened, untempered, untoughened
Often used in the same context:
softened, stiffened, tightened, loosened, beefed, strengthened, ramped, hardened, ratcheted, zero tolerance, relaxed, overhauled, lengthened, sharpened, watered, lightened, stepped, changed, eased, bulked, reshaped, cracking, revamped, slackened, mellowed, improved, ratcheting, tweaked, broadened, weakened, revised, shored, intensified, adopted, punishing, introduced, faltered, tinkered, reworked, toned, clamped, altered, redoubled, liberalized, reinforced, imposed, adhere, enacted, passed, soured, worsened, reformed, banned, warmed, hammered, wised, flunked, chaffed, struggled, enhanced, unraveled, forgiving, stripped, expanded, buckling, outlawing, chafed, rewrote, violating, instituted, riled, speeded, forbidding, calmed, refashioned, relented, modified, smarten, upped, flouted, rough sledding, frayed, testing, skirting, cooled, slacked, heightened, backslid, pushed, penalize, foundered, reintroduced, slapped, spruced, abide, deteriorated, mandating, bristled, shaken, ruffled, messed, simplified, polycarbonate, foamed, semicrystalline, uncured, bronzed, crosslinked, doped, epoxy, pliant, thermoplastic, tired, unwashed, biocompatible, bitten, caked, chilled, curing, enfeebled
Appears in the definition of:
tough
Synonyms:
Also try:annealed, baked, burned, burnt, calloused, enured, inured, sunbaked, tempered, thickened, treated, weather-beaten
— Nouns for toughened: glass, ceramics, plastics, skin, polymers, alumina, materials, zirconia, veterans, epoxy, epoxies, more...
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