hardened
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- simple past and past participle of harden
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.
- Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
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