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hardened

adjective

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Sense 1 adjective

used of persons; emotionally hardened

faced a case-hardened judge

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Sense 2 adjective

made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

a sword of tempered steel

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Sense 3 adjective

protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

hardened missile silos

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Sense 4 adjective

made tough by habitual exposure

hardened fishermen

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Sense 5 adjective

converted to solid form (as concrete)

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 similar to Related & opposite hard
2 antonym Related & opposite untempered
2 similar to Related & opposite curable
2 similar to Related & opposite sunbaked
3 antonym Related & opposite soft
4 similar to Related & opposite toughened
5 similar to Related & opposite hard