UNTOUGHENED Antonyms

• made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

• protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

• used of persons; emotionally hardened

• made tough by habitual exposure

• converted to solid form (as concrete)

• fully ripe; at the height of bloom

• fully considered and perfected

• given added strength or support

• (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

• aged or processed

• rendered competent through trial and experience

• toned down

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• changed into a solid mass

• given added strength or support

• made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

• adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe