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toughened

DEFINITIONS OF: toughened

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adj physically toughened

Synonyms:
tough
rugged
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
experienced, experient
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
strong
having strength or power greater than average or expected
callous, calloused, thickened
having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
enured, hardened, inured
made tough by habitual exposure
weather-beaten
tanned and coarsened from being outdoors
Antonyms:
tender, untoughened
physically untoughened
weak
wanting in physical strength
delicate, soft
easily hurt
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adj made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

Synonyms:
hardened, tempered, treated
curable
capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
sunbaked
baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
Antonyms:
unhardened, untempered
not brought to a proper consistency or hardness
brittle, unannealed
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
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