Dictionary definition · hardened
adjective
- used of persons; emotionally hardened"faced a case-hardened judge"
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment"a sword of tempered steel"
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)"hardened missile silos"
- made tough by habitual exposure"hardened fishermen"
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).