Strong
Toughened
Toughened adjective - Able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure.
Usage example: a group of toughened mountain bikers barreling up the hill
Strong and toughened are semantically related. You can use "Strong" instead an adjective "Toughened".
Nearby Word: toughening
Both words in one sentence
- Either they are a poor, miserable and pitiful The Woobie or a strong and toughened individual who either drinks his or her misery away with vodka or laughs it off with fatalistic, cynical and snarky Russian Humour.
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Phantom's Reckoning 2 has Makoto Guererro, who's toughened up from living on the streets and fights with mainly her strength, and Kaori Koiboto, who has a sweet and friendly persona and the least physically strong member of the group, but also the Combat Medic.
Source: Tomboy and Girly Girl
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Toughened and Strong. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/strong/toughened
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