hardened

hardened

English

Verb

hardened

1. simple past tense and past participle of harden

Adjective

hardened (comparative more hardened, superlative most hardened)

1. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.

   • The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

Derived terms

• battle-hardened
• radiation-hardened
• unhardened

Translations

unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous

Bulgarian: закоравял (bg) (zakoravjal) German: abgehärtet (de), verhärtet (de) Polish: stwardniały

Russian: огрубе́вший (ru) m (ogrubévšij) Spanish: endurecido (es), aguerrido (es)

Anagrams

• adherend, deharden