Hardened
['hɑːdənd] or ['hɑrdnd]
Definition
(adj.) converted to solid form (as concrete) .
(adj.) protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); 'hardened missile silos' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Harden
(a.) Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Indurated, made hard.[2]. Confirmed, inured, accustomed, habituated, seasoned, trained.[3]. Deadened, seared, steeled, unfeeling, benumbed, callous, insensible.[4]. Depraved, reprobate, obdurate, impenitent, lost, abandoned, incorrigible, irreclaimable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Examples
- They will work, as I have seen, with wax hardened with vermilion or softened with lard. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Shield, face-hardened nickel steel, 10 inches thick, 66 inches high. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I wish I could be hardened to 'em, but I an't. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was harsh, it was shocking, even as applied to the most hardened sinner, in such a state of mental and bodily suffering. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It would be quite possible for a narrowly conceived scheme of vocational education to perpetuate this division in a hardened form. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I never see such a hardened little wretch! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is a clay fire-hardened furnace for smelting iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He cannot be hardened in vice,' said Rose; 'It is impossible. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But, once there, it remained there; and hardened into a purpose than which I have never entertained a more determined purpose in my life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The casting of car wheels by chill moulds, by which the tread portion of the wheel was hardened and increased in wearing qualities, is a good illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No, I hardened my heart, rivalled and out-rivalled him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Chubb, in 1835, patented a process of rendering wooden safes burglar proof by lining them with steel, or case-hardened iron plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She despised him, she despised him, she hardened her heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The misery of many years has not hardened my heart, thank God. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In short, the most hardened socialist admits choice and deliberation, culture and ideals into his working faith. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No matter how heavy the plate, if it is not properly burnished or hardened after plating, the article will not give satisfaction in long wear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hardened girl! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Gudrun's face hardened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It has been wrought into a softness that lends its susceptible nature to the influence of magnetism, and has been hardened into steel to form the sword and cutting tool. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It would have been better for me if I had gone on crying, but his contempt dried up my tears and hardened my heart. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Do not let us have to think that the world has too much hardened our hearts. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What's your name, you hardened scoundrel? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- That he was a muscular man, strong on his legs, and that he was browned and hardened by exposure to weather. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It gave even my hardened nerves a shudder to look at it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Snow fell, and the waters were hardened, but I rested not. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Give up your keys, you hardened hussy, hissed out the virtuous little lady in the calash. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Heat distorts articles made of potters' clay after they have been hardened by cold. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She went, with a heavy, hardened kind of sorrow upon her, into the house and into her mother's room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This is a terrible hardened one,' they says to prison wisitors, picking out me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The files, except those that are used for soft substances, are hardened by heating them to a cherry-red color and then dipping them in water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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