Synonyms of annealing

annealing

verb

present participle of anneal

as in hardening

to make stronger (as through hardship)

She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hardening
• strengthening
• tempering
• reinforcing
• fortifying
• adjusting
• toughening
• adapting
• bracing
• inuring
• seasoning
• steeling
• acclimating
• invigorating
• vitalizing
• supporting
• immunizing
• indurating
• enforcing
• acclimatizing
• reenforcing
• conditioning
• bolstering
• training
• buttressing
• propping (up)
• breaking in
• forearming
• boosting
• limbering (up)
• habituating
• accustoming
• naturalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhausting
• weakening
• enervating
• sapping
• crippling
• debilitating
• softening
• incapacitating
• enfeebling
• sensitizing
• hamstringing