English dictionary
hardened
adjectivePronunciation
ˈhɑɹdn̩d
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
adjective
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
adjective
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
adjective
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
adjective
- made tough by habitual exposure
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'}