toughened

Other forms of toughened

comparative

toughenedder·

superlative

tougheneddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about toughened

What does toughened mean?

toughened means "physically toughened". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in toughened?

toughened has 2 syllables: toug-hened. The stress falls on "toug". In IPA it is /ˈtʌfənd/.

What is another word for toughened?

Close synonyms include tough, tempered, treated, hardened. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toughened a common word?

toughened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.