Hardened

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-22-2012

hardened
adjective1

used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"[syn: case-hardened]2

made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"[syn: tempered][ant: unhardened]3

protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos"[ant: soft]4

made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors

may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V

S

Pritchett[syn: enured]5

converted to solid form (as concrete)

07-22-2012	#1
Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Hardened hardened adjective1used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"[syn: case-hardened]2made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"[syn: tempered][ant: unhardened]3protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos"[ant: soft]4made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successorsmay be graver, more inured and equable men"- VSPritchett[syn: enured]5converted to solid form (as concrete)