Toughened — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make tough or tougher

physically toughened

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈʌfənd/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈʌfənd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈʌfənd/

3 syllables Say it as /tˈʌfənd/.

Examples

This experience will toughen her
the tough bottoms of his feet
a sword of tempered steel

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

treated hardened toughen tough tempered

Antonyms

tender untempered

Parts of Speech

verb	make tough or tougher “This experience will toughen her”
adjective	physically toughened “the tough bottoms of his feet”
adjective	made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment “a sword of tempered steel”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gehärtet

hart oder härter machen

🇫🇷French

durci

rendre dur ou plus dur

🇪🇸Spanish

endurecido

hacer duro o más duro

🇮🇹Italian

indurito

rendere duro o più duro

🇳🇱Dutch

gehard

stoer of stoer maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

endurecido

tornar difícil ou mais difícil

🇷🇺Russian

ужесточенный

сделать жестким или более жестким

India

🇧🇩Bengali

শক্ত করা

কঠিন বা শক্ত করা

🇮🇳Tamil

கடினமாக்கப்பட்டது

கடினமாக அல்லது கடினமாக்குங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

కఠినతరం చేసింది

కఠినంగా లేదా కఠినంగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

कडक केले

कठोर किंवा कठोर करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

સખત

સખત અથવા સખત બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಟ್ಟಿಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ

ಕಠಿಣ ಅಥವಾ ಕಠಿಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കടുപ്പിച്ചു

കഠിനമോ കഠിനമോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਖ਼ਤ

ਸਖ਼ਤ ਜਾਂ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

سخت

سخت یا سخت بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

增韧的

使变得艰难或更艰难

🇯🇵Japanese

強化された

厳しくする、またはさらに厳しくする

🇰🇷Korean

강화

힘들게 하거나 더 힘들게 하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cứng rắn

làm cho khó khăn hơn hoặc khó khăn hơn

🇹🇭Thai

แกร่งขึ้น

ทำให้ยากขึ้นหรือรุนแรงขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

diperkuat

membuat sulit atau lebih keras

🇵🇭Filipino

pinatigas

gawing matigas o mas matigas

🇲🇾Malay

dikeraskan

membuat sukar atau lebih sukar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تشديد

جعل صعبة أو أكثر صرامة

🇮🇷Persian

سفت شد

سخت تر یا سخت تر کردن

🇹🇷Turkish

sertleştirilmiş

sertleştirmek veya daha sert hale getirmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

הקשוחה

לעשות קשוח או קשה יותר

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