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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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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.
HARDEN definition: 1. to become or make hard: 2. to become more severe, determined, or unpleasant: 3. to become or…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as hardened, you mean that they have had so much experience of something bad or unpleasant that they are no longer affected by it in the way that other people would be. ...hardened criminals. ...hardened politicians. More Synonyms of hardened. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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.
1. To make hard or harder: harden steel. 2. To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship: was hardened by years of working as a farmer. 3. To make unfeeling, unsympathetic, or callous: The betrayal hardened his heart against intimacy. 4.
1. : to become hard or harder. 2. a. : to become firm, stable, or settled. b. : to assume an appearance of harshness or severity. her face hardened at the thought.
Definitions of hardened. adjective. converted to solid form (as concrete) synonyms: set. hard. resisting weight or pressure. adjective. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. synonyms: tempered, toughened, treated.
Harden definition: to make hard or harder. See examples of HARDEN used in a sentence.
When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed. Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners. [ VERB noun ]
If you describe someone as hardened, you mean that they have had so much experience of something bad or unpleasant that they are no longer affected by it in the way that other people would be. [...]
