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Meaning of 'hardened' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hardened [ a.]
- Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
2 . Hardened [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Harden

Meaning of 'hardened' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hardened [ a]
Meaning (1):
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
Example in sentence:
  • a sword of tempered steel;
  • tempered glass
Meaning (2):
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
Example in sentence:
  • hardened missile silos
3 . hardened [ s]
Meaning (3):
- made tough by habitual exposure
Example in sentence:
  • a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured;
  • hardened fishermen;
  • our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men
Meaning (4):
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
Example in sentence:
  • faced a case-hardened judge

Nearby Words:

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