Years of farm work have hardened his body.
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Hardened
//ˈhɑːdn̩d//
Synonyms for "hardened" (160 found)
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Strong matches (48)
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impassiveimperviousincorrigibleincrustedindurateinsensibleinsensitiveinsolentinveterateirreclaimablelapidifiedlost to shamemillnaturalizedorientatedorientedossifiedpachydermatouspetrifiedphilistine
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proof againstreinforcedreprobaterigidifiedrun inrun-inscleroticsetshamelesssolidifiedstalesteeled againststeelystiffstiffenedstonystonyheartedstrengthenedthick skinnedthick-skinnedtoughenedunabjectunblushinguncompassionateuncontriteunemotionalunmeltedunmercifulunnaturalunrepentantunrepentingunresponsiveunsofteneduntouchedused tovitrifiedwontwonted
Adjective(17 words)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
derived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
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6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- закоравял adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
Catalan
1 entries- endurit adj (inured, toughened)
Finnish
4 entries- karaistunut adj (inured, toughened)
- luja adj (inured, toughened)
- luutunut adj (firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate)
- paatunut adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
French
1 entries- endurci adj (inured, toughened)
German
3 entries- abgehärtet adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
- gehärtet adj (inured, toughened)
- verhärtet adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
Italian
1 entries- indurito adj (inured, toughened)
Polish
4 entries- bezwzględny adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
- stwardniały adj (inured, toughened)
- stwardniały adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
- umocniony adj (having extra defences against attack)
Portuguese
1 entries- endurecido adj (inured, toughened)
Russian
1 entries- огрубе́вший adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
Spanish
2 entries- aguerrido adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
- endurecido adj (unfeeling; pitiless; callous)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I became hardened to punishing pupils.
Source: tatoeba (271853)
He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.
Source: tatoeba (302366)
He hardened his heart against her.
Source: tatoeba (308914)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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