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   hard·ened

   /ˈhärd(ə)nd/

   adjective

   • 1. having become or been made hard or harder: "hardened steel"
   • ▪ strengthened or made secure against attack, especially by nuclear weapons: "the silos are hardened against air attack" Similar strengthenedfortifiedreinforcedtoughenedthickenedfortress-likeliterary:girdedrare:embastionedOpposite unfortified
   • 2. experienced in a particular job or activity and therefore not easily upset by its more unpleasant aspects: "hardened police officers" Similar inureddesensitizeddeadenedaccustomedhabituatedacclimatizedusedcoarsenedrare:indurateOpposite unaccustomed
   • ▪ utterly fixed in a habit or way of life seen as bad: "hardened criminals" Similar inveterateseasonedhabitualchroniccompulsiveconfirmedaccustomeddyed-in-the-woolthrough and throughincorrigibleincurableirredeemableimpenitentunreformableunregeneratereprobateobdurateshamelessOpposite infrequent

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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