hardened
UK /ˈhɑːdn̩d/ · US /ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/ adjective
Also a form of harden
Forms harden'd
- adjective Made physically hard. “hardened steel”
- adjective Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured. “hardened police officers”
- adjective Unfeeling; pitiless; callous. “The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.”
- adjective Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate. “hardened criminals”
- adjective (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified. “a hardened air base”
Synonyms
habituated toughened hard-bitten harsh severe brutal callous cold insensate hardhanded cold-eyed cruel dour thick-skinned flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled case-hardened tempered treated enured inured set
Antonyms
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hardened”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details