Definition of hardened Hardened
/hɑˈɹdʌnd/ - [hardund] - hard•ened
We found 9 definitions of hardened from 4 different sources.
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What does hardened mean?
WordNet
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| hardened - converted to solid form (as concrete) | ||
| set | ||
| hardened - protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos" | ||
| hardened - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" | ||
| tempered, treated, toughened | ||
| unhardened, untempered not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism" | ||
| curable curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases" | ||
| hardened - made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett | ||
| enured, inured | ||
| hardened - used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge" | ||
| case-hardened, hard-boiled | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hardened (Adjective)
Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hardened (imp. & p. p.)
of Harden - hardened (a.)
Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
