Toughen

v. i. & t.

1.

To grow or make tough, or tougher. [imp. & p. p. Toughened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toughening.]

Verb

1.

toughen - make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"

acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, be tough, beef up, brace, brace up, buttress, calcify, callous, case harden, confirm, cornify, develop, endure, firm, fortify, fossilize, gird, hang tough, harden, indurate, invigorate, lapidify, lithify, nerve, ossify, petrify, prop, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, restrengthen, season, shore up, steel, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, temper, undergird, vitrify

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