hardened
pronunciation
How to pronounce hardened in British English:
UK ['hɑ:dnd]
How to pronounce hardened in American English:
US ['hɑdənd]
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- Adjective:
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- made tough by habitual exposure
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
Word Origin
- hardened (adj.)
- past participle adjective from harden (v.). Figurative sense of "unfeeling" is from late 14c.
Example
- 1. After he added water , the mixture hardened .
- 2. I couldn 't say I 'm a hardened communist .
- 3. That battle was just part of the war experience that hardened oyster .
- 4. Mr. geithner : I think the hard thing is the conventional wisdom about the crisis , that it was unfair hardened very early .
- 5. It also represents a hardened appreciation that few institutional investors-even in do-gooding scandinavia-will pay a premium for green .