Synonyms of hardened

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adjective

1

as in hardy

able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure

hardened from years of deprivation and grief, the man regarded the house fire as just another misfortune in a life filled with them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hardy
• sturdy
• strong
• tough
• toughened
• rugged
• stout
• vigorous
• inured
• hard-bitten
• durable
• hard
• robust
• staunch
• permanent
• resilient
• healthy
• cast-iron
• stable
• flinty
• tenacious
• tempered
• unyielding
• thriving
• stalwart
• leathery
• fortified
• enduring
• seasoned
• lasting
• immortal
• staying
• muscular
• everlasting
• prospering
• imperishable
• annealed
• fit
• brawny
• stanch
• flourishing
• virile
• strapping
• sound
• husky
• lusty
• able-bodied
• hale
• red-blooded

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• soft
• weak
• weakened
• delicate
• worn
• tender
• enfeebled
• emasculated
• diseased
• wasted
• exhausted
• crippled
• fragile
• vulnerable
• susceptible
• sensitive
• debilitated
• incapacitated
• enervated
• infirm
• unsound
• nonhardy
• frail
• sapped
• puny
• temporary
• worn-out
• transient
• yielding
• perishable
• mortal
• resistless
• unresistant
• run-down

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• soft
• weak
• weakened
• delicate
• worn
• tender
• enfeebled
• emasculated
• diseased
• wasted
• exhausted
• crippled
• fragile
• vulnerable
• susceptible
• sensitive
• debilitated
• incapacitated
• enervated
• infirm
• unsound
• nonhardy
• frail
• sapped
• puny
• temporary
• worn-out
• transient
• yielding
• perishable
• mortal
• resistless
• unresistant
• run-down

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2

as in stubborn

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

hardened cynics regarded those TV shows as being anything but reality-based

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stubborn
• adamant
• steadfast
• obdurate
• unyielding
• obstinate
• uncompromising
• unbending
• intransigent
• implacable
• hardheaded
• hard
• dogged
• ossified
• inflexible
• adamantine
• determined
• immovable
• unrelenting
• headstrong
• willful
• obsessive
• opinionated
• wilful
• hard-nosed
• persistent
• mulish
• pigheaded
• bullheaded
• pertinacious
• inconvincible
• stiff-necked
• pat
• relentless
• rigid
• strict
• perverse
• iron
• tenacious
• self-willed
• self-opinionated
• resolved
• severe
• unflinching
• defiant
• wayward
• stern
• firm
• deaf to reason
• cantankerous
• hidebound
• wrongheaded
• refractory
• recalcitrant
• hard-shelled
• inexorable
• stouthearted
• intractable
• invincible
• disobedient
• hard-line
• indomitable
• uncooperative
• single-minded
• mutinous
• unconquerable
• inveterate
• unmanageable
• confirmed
• contumacious
• set
• bloody-minded
• cussed
• unruly
• unregenerate
• insurgent
• hard-shell
• insubordinate
• exacting
• ungovernable
• narrow-minded
• anal-retentive
• hell-bent
• contrary
• demanding
• froward

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• pliable
• compliant
• pliant
• flexible
• acquiescent
• amenable
• obedient
• docile
• complying
• yielding
• agreeable
• submissive
• tractable
• receptive
• responsive
• willing
• accepting
• placable
• reasonable
• relenting
• temperate
• persuadable
• subservient
• slavish
• manageable
• governable

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• pliable
• compliant
• pliant
• flexible
• acquiescent
• amenable
• obedient
• docile
• complying
• yielding
• agreeable
• submissive
• tractable
• receptive
• responsive
• willing
• accepting
• placable
• reasonable
• relenting
• temperate
• persuadable
• subservient
• slavish
• manageable
• governable

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hardened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of harden

1

as in froze

to become physically firm or solid

the glue begins to harden as soon as it is exposed to air

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in strengthened

to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure

pioneer women who had been hardened by years of living on the plains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strengthened
• toughened
• fortified
• steeled
• inured
• indurated
• seasoned
• adjusted
• reinforced
• tempered
• adapted
• bolstered
• acclimatized
• braced
• annealed
• acclimated
• enforced
• vitalized
• invigorated
• accustomed
• buttressed
• immunized
• trained
• supported
• habituated
• conditioned
• reenforced
• broke in
• boosted
• forearmed
• naturalized
• propped (up)
• limbered (up)

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• softened
• weakened
• exhausted
• crippled
• sapped
• sensitized
• enfeebled
• incapacitated
• emasculated
• enervated
• debilitated
• hamstrung

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• softened
• weakened
• exhausted
• crippled
• sapped
• sensitized
• enfeebled
• incapacitated
• emasculated
• enervated
• debilitated
• hamstrung

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3

as in toughened

to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force

arm muscles that were hardened by all the years of casting and hauling his fishing nets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strengthened
• toughened
• fortified
• tempered
• annealed
• energized
• beefed (up)
• invigorated
• vitalized
• restrengthened
• firmed (up)
• toned (up)

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• weakened
• crippled
• damaged
• hurt
• paralyzed
• impaired
• injured
• incapacitated
• enfeebled
• enervated
• harmed
• debilitated
• undermined
• broke down
• undercut
• sapped
• wore out

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• weakened
• crippled
• damaged
• hurt
• paralyzed
• impaired
• injured
• incapacitated
• enfeebled
• enervated
• harmed
• debilitated
• undermined
• broke down
• undercut
• sapped
• wore out

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4

as in stiffened

to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe

the government hardened restrictions on travel to and from the war-torn nation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stiffened
• strengthened
• toughened
• harshened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eased
• softened
• lessened
• ameliorated
• moderated

• eased
• softened
• lessened
• ameliorated
• moderated