hardened

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3

ADJ.

against, dental, equipped, most, own, punishing

VERB + HARDENED

battle, became, eat, face, farm, form, given, housed

HARDENED + NOUN

body, clay, criminals, crust, heart, immigration, officers, pharaoh's

Definitions

adj

1

Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.

hardened police officers

2

Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.

The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

In the past, Lutao was considered somewhat mysterious, because of the national penitentiary which housed the most hardened criminals, and the restrictions on travel to the island, which have since been loosened.

3

Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.

hardened criminals

4

Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

a hardened air base

a hardened server

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Synonyms

adjective — converted to solid form (as concrete)

set

adjective — used of persons

adjective — made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatm

tempered
treated
toughened

adjective — made tough by habitual exposure

enured
inured

Antonyms

soft
untempered
unhardened

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hardened police officers

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The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

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In the past, Lutao was considered somewhat mysterious, because of the national penitentiary which housed the most hardened criminals, and the restrictions on travel to the island, which have since bee

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Years of farm work have hardened his body.

Tatoeba · #24461

05

I became hardened to punishing pupils.

Tatoeba · #271853

06

He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.

Tatoeba · #302366

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