| ADJECTIVE | all | hardened, case-hardened, hard-boiled | used of persons |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | hardened, tempered, treated, toughened | made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | |
| all | hardened | protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) | |
| all | hardened, enured, inured | made tough by habitual exposure | |
| all | hardened, set | converted to solid form (as concrete) |
| Sounds | hhaa'rdahnd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandoned ... Zealand: 132 rhymes with ahnd... | |
| Meaning | Used of persons; emotionally hardened. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "faced a case-hardened judge" | |
| Synonyms | case-hardened, hard-boiled | |
| Broader | hard | dispassionate |
| Spanish | calloso, endurecido | |
| Meaning | made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | tempered, treated, toughened | |
| Narrower | curable | Capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent |
| sunbaked | baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight | |
| Opposite | untempered, unhardened | not brought to a proper consistency or hardness |
| Spanish | templado | |
| Meaning | protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "hardened missile silos" | |
| Opposite | soft | not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) |
| Meaning | made tough by habitual exposure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "hardened fishermen" | |
| Synonyms | enured, inured | |
| Broader | tough, toughened | physically toughened |
| Spanish | endurecido | |
| Meaning | converted to solid form (as concrete). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | set | |
| Broader | hard | Resisting weight or pressure |
| Spanish | endurecido | |
| Adverbs | hard | into a solid condition |
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