English Explanatory Dictionary

hardened

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of harden
adj
  1. Made physically hard.
  2. Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.
  3. Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
  4. Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.
  5. Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑːdn̩d/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hardened.wav /ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/

Word forms

hardened harden'd more hardened most hardened

Synonyms

habituated toughened hard-bitten harsh severe brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted heartless humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved

Derived words

battle-hardened case-hardened nonhardened radiation-hardened unhardened
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