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[ hahr-dnd ] / ˈhɑr dnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hardened ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemade or become hard or harder. pitiless; unfeeling. firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate: a hardened criminal. inured; toughened: a hardened trooper. rigid; unyielding: a hardened attitude. (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos. (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo. Origin of hardenedMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at harden, -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM hardenedsem·i·hard·ened, adjectiveun·hard·ened, adjectivewell-hardened, adjectiveWords nearby hardenedhard-edged, harden, Hardenberg, hardenbergia, Hardenburg, hardened, hardener, hardening, hardening of arteries, hardening of the arteries, harden off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hardenedMany of them are convicted drug dealers and other hardened criminals. An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST She reportedly told them, “Sophie Lyons is a hardened criminal, and too smart to be caught like this.” Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST A comedy titan who was always the center of attention, amusing even the most hardened of cynics with his manic energy. Robin Williams, Hollywood’s Grand Jester, Is Dead at 63|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST I maximize time in hardened buildings and only return to my thin-walled quarters for sleep. Dodging Rockets in Afghanistan as the Taliban’s Fighting Season Begins|Nick Willard|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Valiant was a man beaten down by life, but not enough to be hardened. Remembering Bob Hoskins, the Burly British Star of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ Who Died at 71|Lorenza Muñoz|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST In high school he had sought to establish himself as a hardened sinner—a drinker and tough citizen. Thus he hardened his heart to the evil work; nor did the chiefs have pity on her for all that she was young and fair exceedingly. Stories from the Greek Tragedians|Alfred Church After the filler has hardened the wood may be waxed or varnished. A Course In Wood Turning|Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers These are hardened in the fire, and sharpened, and when so prepared, they will pierce through armour easier than if made of iron. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. I|Robert Kerr Are you going to build a house on the mound of hardened garbage? A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
British Dictionary definitions for hardened
adjectiverigidly set, as in a mode of behaviour toughened, as by custom; seasoned (of a nuclear missile site) constructed to withstand a nuclear attack Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hardenedseasoned, coldhearted, callous, prepared, unbending, benumbed, accustomed, habituated, inured, indurated, steeled, toughened, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, hard-boiled, hardhearted, heartless, impenetrable, impious |