Synonyms of case-hardened

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adjective

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

a case-hardened homicide detective who has seen it all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruthless
• merciless
• stony
• hard
• obdurate
• pitiless
• remorseless
• tough
• callous
• take-no-prisoners
• indurate
• abusive
• oppressive
• unmerciful
• soulless
• hard-hearted
• unfeeling
• stern
• harsh
• pachydermatous
• thick-skinned
• hateful
• heartless
• unsympathetic
• brutal
• hard-boiled
• insensitive
• malicious
• compassionless
• insensate
• inhuman
• affectless
• stoney
• cold-blooded
• vicious
• cruel
• unsparing
• grim
• uncharitable
• desensitized
• inhumane
• ironhearted
• savage
• severe
• slash-and-burn
• stonyhearted
• rough
• boorish
• mean
• thoughtless
• unthinking
• heedless
• rough-and-tumble
• hard-bitten
• uncaring
• ungentle
• unfriendly
• surly
• virulent
• disagreeable
• cold
• malevolent
• inconsiderate
• ironfisted
• sledgehammer
• brutish
• ironhanded
• spiteful
• unloving
• jackbooted
• ill-natured
• acrimonious
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• heavy-handed
• rancorous
• bestial
• barbarous
• evil-minded
• ill-tempered
• frosty
• knock-down, drag-out
• austere

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• sensitive
• warm
• compassionate
• humane
• charitable
• merciful
• gentle
• mild
• kindly
• kind
• tender
• benevolent
• softhearted
• lenient
• kindhearted
• indulgent
• warmhearted
• friendly
• tenderhearted
• gracious
• benignant
• cordial
• tolerant
• loving
• good-natured
• understanding
• affectionate
• good-tempered
• fond
• clement

case-hardened

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verb

past tense of case-harden

as in tempered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempered
• annealed
• calcified
• crystallized
• petrified
• crystalized
• ossified
• rigidified
• stiffened
• coagulated
• thickened
• jellied
• gelatinized
• clotted
• incrusted
• encrusted
• hardened
• gelled
• callused
• jelled
• caked
• gelated
• indurated
• congealed
• firmed (up)
• froze
• solidified
• concreted
• set

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softened
• liquefied
• melted
• liquified
• dissolved
• fused
• smelted
• thawed
• fluxed
• deliquesced
• unfroze