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hardened

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?h??dn?d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??dn?d/
  • Hyphenation: hard?ened

Verb

hardened

  1. simple past tense and past participle of harden

Adjective

hardened (comparative more hardened, superlative most hardened)

  1. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.
    The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.
  2. Firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate.
  3. (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
    a hardened air base
    a hardened server

Derived terms

  • battle-hardened
  • radiation-hardened
  • unhardened

Translations

Anagrams

  • adherend, deharden

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apathetic

English

Alternative forms

  • apathetical

Etymology

apathy +? -etic

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æp.????t.?k/
  • Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

apathetic (comparative more apathetic, superlative most apathetic)

  1. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion
    Synonyms: passionless, indifferent
  2. Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

Synonyms

  • incurious, indifferent, impassive
  • See also: Thesaurus:calm

Related terms

  • apatheism
  • apatheist

Translations

References

  • apathetic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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