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toughened

toughened is the simple past and past participle of toughen.

Meaning of toughen

Verb

toughen (third-person singular simple present toughens, present participle toughening, simple past and past participle toughened)

  1. (transitive) To make tough.
    • The new training program is designed to toughen the athletes.
  2. (intransitive) To become tough.

Phrases with toughened

Questions about toughened

What is toughened the simple past and past participle of?
Toughened is the simple past and past participle of toughen.

Words near toughened in the dictionary

  1. toughed it out
  2. toughed out
  3. toughen
  4. toughen up
  5. toughenable
  6. toughened
  7. toughened up
  8. toughener
  9. tougheners
  10. toughening
  11. toughening up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toughened (page history and authors); toughen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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