hardened

adjective

Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.

Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.

Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.

(computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

Synonyms for hardened

toughenedadj temperedadj inuredadj induratev callousedadj steeledv annealedv steelyadj hardheartedadj obdurateadj impenitentadj

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