hardened

/hˈɑɹdənd/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. used of persons; emotionally hardened
   “faced a case-hardened judge”
2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
   “a sword of tempered steel”
3. protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
   “hardened missile silos”
4. made tough by habitual exposure- Robert Lynd- V.S.Pritchett
   “hardened fishermen”
5. converted to solid form (as concrete)

Synonyms for hardened

• case-hardened
• hard-boiled
• hard
• tempered
• treated
• toughened
• curable
• sunbaked
• enured
• inured
• tough
• set

Antonyms of hardened

• soft

Words that rhyme with hardened

• gardened
• pardoned