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- Dictionaryhardened/ˈhɑːdnd/
adjective
- 1. having become or been made hard or harder: "hardened steel"
- 2. very experienced in a particular job or activity and therefore not easily upset by its more unpleasant aspects: "hardened police officers" Similar Opposite
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Hardened means someone who has had a lot of bad experiences and no longer gets upset or shocked, or someone who no longer changes a bad way of life. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations.
- English (US)
used to describe someone who has had a lot of bad...
- Znaczenie Hardened, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
HARDENED definicja: 1. used to describe someone who has had...
- Hardened: Portuguese Translation
hardened translate: acostumado, inveterado. Learn more in...
- Hardened in Simplified Chinese
HARDENED translate: 久经锻炼的, （丑恶的生活方式）无法改变的；不再惭愧的. Learn more...
- English
to become or make hard: The mixture hardens as it cools. It...
- English (US)
adjective. made 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.
Learn the meaning of hardened as an adjective to describe someone or something that is rigid, tough, or unfeeling. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and sentences with hardened.
to become or make hard: The mixture hardens as it cools. It is thought that high cholesterol levels in the blood can harden the arteries (= make them thicker and stiffer, causing disease). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hard and firm. (as) stiff/straight as a ramrod idiom. adamantine. cast iron. congealed. crisply. dilatancy. dilatant
used to describe someone who has had a lot of bad experiences and as a result no longer gets upset or shocked: hardened detectives / reporters. [ before noun ] no longer likely to change a bad way of life or feel sorry about it: a hardened criminal. be/become hardened to something.
Hardened means to make hard or harder, to enable to withstand hardship, to become unfeeling or fixed, or to protect against attack. Find out the different meanings, synonyms, and translations of hardened in English and other languages.
to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce. Synonyms: nerve, brace, steel, fortify. Antonyms: weaken. to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen. Military. to reinforce the structure of (a military or strategic installation) to protect it from nuclear bombardment.
