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What is the adjective for strengthening?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs strength and strengthen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

strong
  1. Capable of producing great physical force.
  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
  3. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
  4. Determined or passionate when it comes to one's interests or endeavors.
  5. Highly stimulating to the senses.
  6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
  7. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
  8. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
  9. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
  10. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
  11. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
  12. (slang, US) Impressive, good.
  13. Having a specified number of people or units.
  14. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense)
  15. (mathematics) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
  16. (of an argument) Likely to succeed because of sound reasoning.
  17. Being in a healthy state.
  18. (of language or actions) Forceful and extreme, especially excessively or unacceptably so.
  19. (of something seen or heard) Not soft or muted; clear or prominent.
  20. (words spoken) Vulgar or offensive in nature.
  21. (of persons) Having great power or influence.
  22. Synonyms:
      23. tough, burly, muscular, big, brawny, formidable, rugged, beefy, mighty, athletic, great, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, hearty, overpowering, redoubtable, substantial, manful, manly, full-blooded, heavyweight, buff, hefty, Herculean, hunky, husky, jacked, lusty, meaty, powerfully built, ripped, shredded, well-built, obdurate, sturdy, robust, powerful, solid, vigorous, muscly, hulking, thewy, thickset, hardy, stark, stocky, bulky, broad-shouldered … more
  23. Examples:
      24. “Like most of his family, John was a big, tall and strong man.”
      “The house was built on strong foundations.”
      “The doctor's report says I am still fit and strong.”
strengthless
  1. Being weak or powerless, lacking strength.
  2. Having no special abilities or talents, lacking strengths.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. soft, frail, weak, weakly, small, scrawny, helpless, fragile, feeble, ailing, enfeebled, exhausted, emasculated, effete, slight, sluggish, spindly, unhealthy, wasted, weakened, weedy, weary, tired, spent, sapped, languorous, enervated, drained, depleted, debilitated, debile, asthenic, anemic, anaemic, shaky, broken-down, burned out, wimpish, sickly, delicate, wimpy, puny, sapless, infirm, languid, faint, tender, prostrate, prostrated, unsubstantial … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Small asteroids like 1998 SF36 are expected to be shattered objects, but not necessarily rubble piles and not necessarily strengthless.”
      “If he is out of tune why is he favourite, and if Leona sings with a strengthless whistle why is she second favourite.”
      “He woke in the morning so unrefreshed and strengthless that he sent for the doctor.”
strengthful
  1. (archaic) Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powerful, forceful, violent, strong, vigorous, almighty, hard, mighty, ferocious, explosive, fierce, crushing, brutal, devastating, forcible, heavy, thunderous, great, overpowering, blistering, destructive, overwhelming, potent, dynamic, mightful, annihilating, calamitous, damaging, desolating, tremendous, strengthy, rugged, severe, grievous, robust, intense, puissant, beastly, hard-hitting, all-powerful, really hard, very hard … more
strengthy
  1. Possessing strength; strong; mighty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powerful, forceful, violent, strong, vigorous, almighty, hard, mighty, ferocious, explosive, fierce, crushing, brutal, devastating, forcible, heavy, thunderous, great, overpowering, blistering, destructive, overwhelming, potent, dynamic, mightful, annihilating, calamitous, damaging, desolating, tremendous, strengthful, rugged, severe, grievous, robust, intense, puissant, beastly, hard-hitting, all-powerful, really hard, very hard, strapping, muscular, sturdy, stout, tough, stalwart … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She was a nonconfidante, and he was her surly, silent, strengthy beanpole of a waiter.”
strongful
  1. (rare) Full of strength; powerful
strengthenable
  1. Capable of being strengthened.
strongish
  1. Quite strong.
  2. Examples:
      3. “On the other hand, Damase's Quatre Facettes on the final track are generally of a strongish character.”
      “I think we had a very good car this weekend, which was strongish in qualifying, but very strong in race conditions.”
      “My ideal political scenario would be Labour c.2002 and a strongish Alliance Party.”
stronger
  1. comparative form of strong: more strong
  2. (logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. higher, fiercer, gustier, harsher, more forceful, more intense, more turbulent, more violent, stormier, mightier, ore extreme, squallier, more blustery, more ferocious, more heavy, more potent, more tempestuous, starker, stiffer, acuter, more almighty, more blistering, more boisterous, more crushing, more explosive, more forcible, more powerful, more titanic, more overpowering, more overwhelming, sharper, intenser, severer, powerfuller, extremer, violenter, harder, more drastic, more vigorous, more heavy-duty, more puissant, weightier, heftier, gutsier, more telling, more energetic, more tremendous, more dynamic, more commanding, punchier … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In fact, we will prove the slightly stronger result that any number of commuting square matrices with complex entries have a common eigenvector.”
      “If this is not helpful, your doctor may prescribe stronger steroids or antihistamine pills.”
      “Stepping into the clearing, Erik seemed to grow stronger again, as though his confidence and courage had been restored like never before.”
strengthier
  1. comparative form of strengthy: more strengthy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powerfuller, violenter, stronger, harder, mightier, fiercer, heavier, greater, ruggeder, severer, robuster, intenser, beastlier, more forceful, more vigorous, more almighty, more ferocious, more explosive, more crushing, more brutal, more devastating, more forcible, more thunderous, more overpowering, more blistering, more destructive, more overwhelming, more potent, more dynamic, more mightful, more calamitous, more damaging, more tremendous, more strengthful, more grievous, more puissant, more hard-hitting, sturdier, stouter, tougher, hardier, lustier, bigger, doughtier, more strapping, more muscular, more stalwart … more
strengthiest
  1. superlative form of strengthy: most strengthy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powerfullest, violentest, strongest, hardest, mightiest, fiercest, heaviest, greatest, ruggedest, severest, robustest, intensest, beastliest, most forceful, most vigorous, most almighty, most ferocious, most explosive, most crushing, most brutal, most devastating, most forcible, most thunderous, most overpowering, most blistering, most destructive, most overwhelming, most potent, most dynamic, most mightful, most calamitous, most damaging, most tremendous, most strengthful, most grievous, most puissant, most hard-hitting, sturdiest, stoutest, toughest, hardiest, lustiest, biggest, doughtiest, most strapping, most muscular, most stalwart … more
strongest
  1. superlative form of strong: most strong
  2. Synonyms:
      3. principal, leading, chief, first, main, primary, foremost, dominant, key, prime, capital, highest, predominant, premier, supreme, essential, paramount, cardinal, fundamental, basic, central, master, prominent, arch, critical, crucial, major, overriding, pivotal, preeminent, staple, top, vital, controlling, focal, ruling, salient, big, commanding, grand, greatest, lead, overbearing, overmastering, presiding, prevailing, primal, prior, sovereign, sovran … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Government would express its abhorrence in the strongest possible terms, she said.”
      “Some of our strongest memories are triggered by the sudden waft of a particular scent.”
      “This remarkable reversal of roles is the film's strongest dynamic and occurs between virtually all the characters.”
strengthed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of strength
strengthing
  1. present participle of strength
strengthened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of strengthen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. increased, raised, enlarged, improved, incremented, boosted, enhanced, furthered, expanded, extended, proliferated, advanced, amplified, elevated, heightened, maximized, optimized, augmented, developed, enriched, inflated, progressed, consolidated, magnified, multiplied, compounded, doubled, escalated, aggrandized, ameliorated, bettered, broadened, built, grew, lengthened, lifted, reinforced, upped, accelerated, added to, amassed, beefed up, built up, bumped up, cranked up, deepened, hiked up, inflamed, jacked up, reenforced … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The city was well prepared, with strengthened walls, a bolstered garrison, and its suburbs razed so they could not provide cover.”
strengthening
  1. present participle of strengthen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hardening, toughening, fortifying, inuring, indurating, seasoning, stiffening, consolidating, bolstering, reinforcing, supporting, confirming, corroborating, substantiating, upholding, augmenting, authenticating, backing, backing up, bearing out, giving weight to, lending more weight to, making more forceful, nourishing, fostering, nurturing, sustaining, cultivating, developing, feeding, promoting, advancing, flourishing, nutrifying, thriving, blooming, flowering, making strong, making stronger, nursing, preparing, toning, nerving, poising, readying, building up, making healthy, providing for, giving strength to, toning up … more
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