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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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callous

English

Etymology

From Latin call?sus (hard-skinned), from callum (hardened skin) + -?sus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?kæl?s/
  • Rhymes: -æl?s
  • Homophone: callus

Adjective

callous (comparative more callous, superlative most callous)

  1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
    She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
  2. Having calluses.

Synonyms

  • heartless
  • insensitive

Related terms

  • calloused
  • callus

Translations

Noun

callous (plural callouses)

  1. Alternative form of callus

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