Hardened Definition

hardened
adjective
  1. used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case- hardened judge"
  2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
  3. protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "hardened missile silos"
  4. made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
  5. converted to solid form (as concrete)

"Hardened" in song lyrics

See how hardened is used in real songs:

  • "Just give me a second so I can get my thing hardened"
    OG Spanish Fly — Chicano Love
  • "Birth of these marksmen claimin to be dark men, hearts been hardened"
    Prozak f/ Big Krizz Kaliko, Tech N9ne — Run Away
  • "Never to be hardened"
    Lyric w/ Mike Ladd — Let Us Go

Usage tips for "hardened"

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