Definitions for hardened

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hardened hard·ened

Spelling: [hahr-dnd]

IPA: /ˈhɑr dnd/

Hardened is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in hardened (addeehnr).

Definitions for hardened

adjective

1. made or become hard or harder.
2. pitiless; unfeeling.
3. firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate:
4. inured; toughened:
5. rigid; unyielding:
6. (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos.
7. (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.

verb (used with object)

1. to make hard or harder:
2. to make pitiless or unfeeling:
3. to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
4. to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce.
5. to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen.
6. Military. to reinforce the structure of (a military or strategic installation) to protect it from nuclear bombardment.

verb (used without object)

1. to become hard or harder.
2. to become pitiless or unfeeling.
3. to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen:
4. to become confirmed or strengthened:
5. to become inured or toughened:
6. Commerce. to cease to fluctuate; firm: to rise higher.

Origin of hardened

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at harden, -ed²

Examples for hardened

The law represented the best that could be done with hardened hearts.

But Sapphira was "hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."

Valiant was a man beaten down by life, but not enough to be hardened.

A comedy titan who was always the center of attention, amusing even the most hardened of cynics with his manic energy.

I maximize time in hardened buildings and only return to my thin-walled quarters for sleep.

Physically he had undoubtedly improved; his legs had hardened and smoothed down.

He was hardened, steeped in guilt, and callous as to the sufferings of others.

Many of them are convicted drug dealers and other hardened criminals.

She reportedly told them, “Sophie Lyons is a hardened criminal, and too smart to be caught like this.”

I am hardened now, I have sunk too low to care long even for that.'