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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.
hardened. (hɑːʳdənd ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE 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. ...hardened criminals. ...hardened politicians. More Synonyms of hardened.
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. 2. : to confirm in disposition, feelings, or action. especially : to make callous. hardened his heart. 3. a. : inure, toughen. harden troops. b. : to inure to unfavorable environmental conditions (such as cold) often used with off. harden off seedlings before transplanting. 4.
to become more severe, determined, or unpleasant: Living in the desert hardened the recruits (= made them more strong and determined). As the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened (= became more severe and determined). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
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 ]
Harden definition: to make hard or harder. See examples of HARDEN used in a sentence.
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.
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.
