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- toughen:
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tough:
- difficult; tough; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; forceful; vigorous; drastic; strong; stout; powerful; robust; energetically; energetic; potent; aggravating; incriminating; tricky; rigid; tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; refractory; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong; sinewy; stringy; bad; sturdy; elusive; problematic; knotty; problematical; baffling; rugged; toughened; ruffianly
- thug; brute; ruffian; tough; madman; bully; rowdy; hooligan; yobo; yob; yobbo; roughneck; hood; punk; hoodlum; toughie; goon; strong-armer; street fighter
- tough; hardy; hard to kill; strenuous; persistent; persevering; with staying power
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Detailed Synonyms for toughen in English
toughen:
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to toughen
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to toughen
– make tough or tougher 1
Conjugations for toughen:
present
- toughen
- toughen
- toughens
- toughen
- toughen
- toughen
simple past
- toughened
- toughened
- toughened
- toughened
- toughened
- toughened
present perfect
- have toughened
- have toughened
- has toughened
- have toughened
- have toughened
- have toughened
past continuous
- was toughening
- were toughening
- was toughening
- were toughening
- were toughening
- were toughening
future
- shall toughen
- will toughen
- will toughen
- shall toughen
- will toughen
- will toughen
continuous present
- am toughening
- are toughening
- is toughening
- are toughening
- are toughening
- are toughening
subjunctive
- be toughened
- be toughened
- be toughened
- be toughened
- be toughened
- be toughened
diverse
- toughen!
- let's toughen!
- toughened
- toughening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they
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Related Definitions for "toughen":
tough:
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tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; refractory; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong; tough-
tenacious adj
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obstinate adj
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cross-grained adj
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persevering adj
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stubborn adj
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recalcitrant adj
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heady adj
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pig-headed adj
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tacky adj
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viscous adj
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persistent adj
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rebellious adj
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tedious adj
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boring adj
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grumpy adj
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refractory adj
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sullen adj
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unrelenting adj
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unyielding adj
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mindless adj
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stupefied adj
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dull adj
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stern adj
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surly adj
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leathery adj
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headstrong adj
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tough adj
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tough
– feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') 1 -
tough
– substantially made or constructed 1 -
tough
– making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe 1tough; elusive; problematic; knotty; problematical; baffling– making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe 1-
tough adj
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elusive adj
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problematic adj
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knotty adj
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problematical adj
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baffling adj
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tough
– very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution 1 -
tough
– unfortunate or hard to bear 1 -
tough
– resistant to cutting or chewing 1 -
tough
– physically toughened 1 -
tough
– not given to gentleness or sentimentality 1 -
tough
– violent and lawless 1
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the tough
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the tough
– a cruel and brutal fellow 1 -
the tough
– an aggressive and violent young criminal 1 -
the tough
– someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing 1the tough; the street fighter– someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing 1
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