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hardened
adjective
converted to solid form (as concrete)
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- H
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- ARDENE
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈhɑɹdn̩d
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
converted to solid form (as concrete)
adjective
used of persons; emotionally hardened
“faced a case-hardened judge”
adjective
protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
“hardened missile silos”
adjective
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
“a sword of tempered steel”
adjective
made tough by habitual exposure
“hardened fishermen”
In context
Example Sentences
faced a case-hardened judge
hardened missile silos
a sword of tempered steel
tempered glass
hardened fishermen
{'source': 'Robert Lynd', 'text': 'a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured'}
{'source': 'V.S.Pritchett', 'text': 'our successors … may be graver, more inured and equable men'}
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