Associations to the word «Toughening»
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Wiktionary
TOUGHEN, verb. (transitive) To make tough.
TOUGHEN, verb. (intransitive) To become tough.
TOUGHEN UP, verb. (idiomatic) (ambitransitive) To make or become mentally tougher.
Dictionary definition
TOUGHEN, verb. Make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her".
Wise words
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.