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Adjective: toughened  tú-fund
  1. Make physically stronger and more resilient
    "the toughened bottoms of his feet";
    - tough
     
  2. Made hard, flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
    "a sword of toughened steel";
    - tempered, treated, hardened
Verb: toughen  tú-fun
  1. Make tough or tougher
    "This experience will toughen her"
     
  2. Gain strength
    - strengthen

See also: callous, calloused, curable, enured, experienced, experient, hardened, inured, rugged, strong, sunbaked, thickened, weather-beaten

Type of: change