Hardened — synonyms, hardened antonyms, definition

1. hardened (a)

callous chronic compacted concentrated condensed confirmed consolidated constant cool dense detached disciplined dry dull firm flat frozen hard hard-hearted hard-line • • •

2. hardened (Adjective)

case-hardened enured hard-boiled set tempered treated soft

hardened (Adjective) — Used of persons; emotionally hardened. ex. "faced a case-hardened judge"

hardened (Adjective) — Made hard, flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. ex. "a sword of hardened steel"

hardened (Adjective) — Protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons). ex. "hardened missile silos"

hardened (Adjective) — Made tough by habitual exposure. ex. "hardened fishermen"

hardened (Adjective) — Converted to solid form (as concrete).

3. hardened (Verb)

indurated seasoned softened

hardened (Verb) — Become hard or harder. ex. "The wax hardened"

hardened (Verb) — Make hard or harder. ex. "The cold hardened the butter"

hardened (Verb) — Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. ex. "harden steel"

hardened (Verb) — Make fit. ex. "This trip will harden even the hardiest traveller"

hardened (Verb) — Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. ex. "He was hardened to the cold"

accustomed changed habituated modified toughened annealed braced oneself for calcified calloused callused cauterised cauterized cured encrusted face-hardened incrusted normalised normalized prepared for steeled oneself against steeled oneself for tempered