Definition of Hardened

1. Adjective. Used of persons; emotionally hardened. "Faced a case-hardened judge"

Exact synonyms: Case-hardened, Hard-boiled
Similar to: Hard

2. Adjective. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. "Tempered glass"
Exact synonyms: Tempered, Toughened, Treated
Similar to: Curable, Sunbaked
Antonyms: Untempered

3. Adjective. Protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons). "Hardened missile silos"
Antonyms: Soft

4. Adjective. Made tough by habitual exposure. "Our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"
Exact synonyms: Enured, Inured
Similar to: Tough, Toughened

5. Adjective. Converted to solid form (as concrete).
Exact synonyms: Set
Similar to: Hard

Definition of Hardened

1. a. Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.

Definition of Hardened

1. harden [v] - See also: harden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardened

hardbound
hardbounds
hardcase
hardcore
hardcores
hardcourt
hardcover
hardcovers
hardedge
hardedges
harden
harden
Harden-Young ester
Hardenbergia
Hardenbergia comnptoniana
hardened (current term)
hardened pelvis
hardener
hardeners
hardening
hardenings
hardening of the arteries
hardens
harder
harder
harderian
harderian gland
hardest
hardface
hardfaces

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