hardened

Letters that make hardened

a, d, e, n, h, r are letters that make 'hardened'

Words within hardened

den, harden, ar, en, HA, ED, ENE, hard, AR, DE, NE, Ar, Ne are words within 'hardened'

Anagrams of hardened

adherend is an anagram of 'hardened'


5 possible definitions for 'hardened'

Hardened as "protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)"

Under this definition, hardened is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

soft has the opposite meaning of hardened

Example of hardened used within this context

"hardened missile silos"


Hardened as "made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment"

Under this definition, hardened is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tempered, toughened, treated have the same meaning as 'hardened'

Antonyms

untempered, unhardened have the opposite meaning of 'hardened'

Similar to hardened

curable, sunbaked are similar to 'hardened'.


Hardened as "made tough by habitual exposure"

Under this definition, hardened is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

enured, inured have the same meaning as 'hardened'

Similar to hardened

toughened, tough are similar to 'hardened'.

Example of hardened used within this context

"hardened fishermen", "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd, "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett


Hardened as "used of persons, emotionally hardened"

Under this definition, hardened is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

hard-boiled, case-hardened have the same meaning as 'hardened'

Similar to hardened

hard is similar to hardened.

Example of hardened used within this context

"faced a case-hardened judge"


Hardened as "converted to solid form (as concrete)"

Under this definition, hardened is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

set has the same meaning as hardened

Similar to hardened

hard is similar to hardened.



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