TOUGHENED

tempered, treated, hardened, toughened

(adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; “a sword of tempered steel”; “tempered glass”

tough, toughened

(adjective) physically toughened; “the tough bottoms of his feet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

toughened

simple past tense and past participle of toughen

Source: Wiktionary


TOUGHEN

Tough"en, v. i.&t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr. & vb. n. Toughening.]

Definition: To grow or make tough, or tougher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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