vverb.changemake tough or tougherExamples:- This experience will toughen her
Hypernyms:strengthen
Inherited Hypernyms:toughenstrengthenchange
Direct Hyponyms:hardenseason
Full Troponyms:season
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adjadj.allphysically toughenedSynset:tough
Examples:- the tough bottoms of his feet
Antonyms:tender
Inherited Hypernyms:tough
Similar to:callous calloused thickened enured hardened inured weather-beaten
See also:experienced experient rugged strong
adjadj.allmade hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatmentSynset:hardened tempered treated
Examples:- a sword of tempered steel
- tempered glass
Antonyms:untempered
Inherited Hypernyms:tempered
Similar to:curable sunbaked