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Hardened

Definitions: Hardened

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. 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.

4. Converted to solid form (as concrete).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hardened" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Hardened

Synonyms: case-hardened (adj), enured (adj), hard-boiled (adj), inured (adj), set (adj), tempered (adj), toughened (adj), treated (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: untempered (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hardened

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Defense

Hardened site.

Armored, ballproof, bulletproof; hardened.

Impenitence

Adjective: impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate; hard, hardened; seared, recusant; unrepentant; relentless, remorseless, graceless,

Impiety

Un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate; hardened, perverted, reprobate.

Insensibility

Callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious; hardened; inured, casehardened; steeled against, proof against; imperturbable; (inexcitable); unfelt.

Insolence

Impudence, assurance, audacity, hardihood, front, face, brass; shamelessness; Adjective: effrontery, hardened front, face of brass.

Penitence

Penitential, penitentiary; reclaimed, reborn; not hardened; unhardened.

Physical Insensibility

Adjective: insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient, callous, thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hardened

English words defined with "hardened": acorn cup, armor plate, armor plating, armour platebaked, bee killer, blade bit, Boncilate, burned, burntcalcification, Callose, callous, Casehardened, case-hardened, clunch, conformity, consolidate, Crapefish, crusted, crustlike, crusty, cupuleDrawplateencrustedfecal impaction, fishtail bitGalipot, Grozing ironhabit, hard-boiled, harden, Heliotypyindurate, Indurated, indurated clay, inureLow steelmanna, mason bee, mason waspossification, ossifiedpachydermatous, Perisarc, pillow lava, plaster, plasterwork, plate armor, plate armourquenched steelrobber fly, rock bit, roller bit, rye ergotSclerenchyma, Scleroderm, sclerosed, sclerotic, Sclerotic parenchyma, Sclerotium, Scybala, Semiindurated, Siderography, sunbakedthick-skinnedusewont, Woodbury-type. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hardened": ARCH-SUPPORT TECHNICIAN, assembler-insulatorbarrel coater, BARREL LINER, BASE-DRAW OPERATORCalcification, Physiologic, callow adult, calyx drill, CANDY PULLER, CEMENT FITTINGS MAKER, cement plug, CHALK-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, COMPO CASTER, COMPOSITION-STONE APPLICATOR, CONCRETE SCULPTOR, cone rock bitENCAPSULATOR, erythredema polyneuropathyfault casing, fault gouge, flame hardening, FRAME STRIPPERhand hardener, HANDLE MAKER, hard-candy batch-mixer, hardened glass, hardened rubber, hardened steel, hardness test double impression method, heat treatable alloy, hobbingLABORER, TREE TAPPING, litho print, loft patternmakermanual hardener, marathon mill, micrographic method, mill shoe, milling bit, MIXER HELPER, MODEL-AND-MOLD MAKER, MOLD MAKER, TERRA COTTA, MOLD OPERATOR, MOLDER, BENCH, molder, resinornamenter, handpestis bubonica, PLASTERER, MOLDING, plasterer, ornamental, PLASTER-PATTERN CASTER, PLASTIC DUPLICATOR, psammoma bodiesrockwell hardness, Rockwell hardness test, roller rock bitsand caster, STAINING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Stonestempered steel, teneral adult, terrazzo, tipped-toothUnix brain damageWARE CLEANER, wear plate, WHITING-MACHINE OPERATOR, WIRE DRAWER. (references)
Etymologies containing "hardened": CallidDuramen. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hardened

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Inside every hardened criminal beats the heart of a ten-year-old boy. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some lawyer (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

It's not like we're hardened criminals here. (Quiz Show; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

So we've gone from imprisoned hardened couch potatoes to freedom-loving couch potatoes? (She Spies; writing credit: Ron Osborn; Josh Appelbaum)

Lyrics

When it hardened he looked at the surface ("Birdland"; performing artist: Patti Smith)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hardened

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Artificial Guts (Sausage Casings) Made of Hardened Protein or Cellulosic Materials: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Hardened Images: The Western Media and the Marginalization of Africa (reference)

  • Literature, Rhetoric and Violence in Northern Ireland, 1968 to 98: Hardened to Death (reference)

  • On Hardened Ground (reference)

  • Pearl Is a Hardened Sinner (Poetry Ser.) (reference)

  • Standard Specification for Bonding Hardened Concrete, Steel, Wood, Brick, and Other Materials to Hardened Concrete With a Multi-Component Epoxy adhesi (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Hardened

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Hardened

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The so-called Richat Structure is a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in the African country of Mauritania. Although it resembles an impact crater, the Richat Structure formed when a volcanic dome hardened and gradually eroded, exposing the onion-like layers of rock.Credit: NASA.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Hardened

AuthorQuotation

Edmund Burke

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Hardened

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And the flames licked up around the meat and hardened and glazed the surfaces.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hardened

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Cholesterol stones are usually yellow-green and are made primarily of hardened cholesterol. (references)

In severe cases, the hardened plaque reduces flexibility, causing pain and forcing the penis to bend or arc during erection. (references)

Sometimes the damaged lining of the esophagus becomes thick and hardened, causing strictures, or narrowing of the esophagus. (references)

Economic History

North Korea

Also over the last several years, North Korea has moved even more of its rear-echelon troops to hardened bunkers closer to the DMZ. Given the proximity of Seoul to the DMZ (some 25 miles), South Korean and U.S. forces are likely to have little warning of any attack. (references)

Zimbabwe

In addition, the loss last year of nearly half the contested parliamentary seats to a newly emerged opposition party, and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for early 2002 have hardened the government's pursuit of its political objectives with an attendant increase of violence and intimidation and loss of civil freedoms. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

Persons awaiting trial routinely are held in cells with hardened criminals. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Hardened

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

But this recent intifada has hardened him like a dead guy on Viagra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hardened

"Hardened" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 34.77% of the time. "Hardened" is used about 371 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)34.77%12928,132
Lexical Verb (past tense)33.42%12428,785
Lexical Verb (past participle)31.27%11629,969
Noun (proper)0.54%2245,945
                    Total100.00%371N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Hardened

Expressions using "hardened": be hardened become hardened hardened front hardened glass hardened rubber hardened site not hardened. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "hardened": hardened-steel, hardened-up.

Ending with "hardened": frost-hardened.

Containing "hardened": case-hardened steel, oil-hardened steel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hardened

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

radiation hardened

14

hardened steel

5

hardened shaft

4

hardened spur gears

4

hardened ethernet switch

3

hardened washer

3

artery hardened

3

hardened leather

2

hardened computer

2

hardened ethernet

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hardened

Language Translations for "hardened"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i thekur (browned, laid up, mature, toasted). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقوي (consolidated, enriched, fortified, hard back, intensified, reinforced, strengthened). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

закоравял (callous, case-hardened, chronic, confirmed, crusted, double-dyed, habitual, hard boiled, indurate, ingrain, ingrained, inveterate, irreclaimable, obdurate, tough). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

硬化 (harden, hardening, sclerosis). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ztvrdlý (callous, horny), ztuhlý (numb, stiff), zatvrzelý (impenitent, obdurate, obstinate), otrlý (callous, hard bitten, hard-nosed). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hydrogeneret olie (hardened oil, hydrogenated oil), hærdet fedt (hardened fat, hydrogenated fat), hærdet jordnøddeolie (hardened arachis fat, hardened peanut oil), haerdet glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, tempered safety glass, toughened glass, toughened safety glass), haerdet ved koldhamring (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), hydrogeneret fedt (hardened fat, hydrogenated fat), hydreret fedt (hardened fat, hydrogenated fat), koldhamret (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), i strukturen af det rigtigt haerdede staal er austenitkorngraenserne synlige (in the structure of the properly hardened steel, the austenite grain boundaries can be seen), ved stoerre tvaersnit haerdes kun randzonen (at larger diameters, only the surface is hardened), laengdeaendringer ved anloebning af haerdede staal (the length changes after tempering hardened steels), baandstaal lader sig gennemhaerde op til ca.5 mm tykkelse (strip can be through hardened up to a thickness of nearly 5mm), naalestrukturen ses tydeligere end i den haerdede tilstand (the acicular microstructure is however more clearly visible than in the hardened condition), proevestangen skal fremstilles saaledes, at sidefladerne ikke udviser grater eller revner. Kolddeformerede omraader fjernes ved spaantagende bearbejdning eller ved filing (the test piece is prepared so that the sides are neither chipped nor cracked. The strain hardened zones are removed by machining or filing), sejhaerdet Cr-Ni-Mo-staal med relativ lav overgangstemperatur (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature), forspændt glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), ebonit (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

het proefplaatje dient zodanig te zijn voorbereid dat de zijden geen bramen en scheuren vertonen. Koud vervormde stukken dienen door afspanen of vijlen te worden verwijderd (the test piece is prepared so that the sides are neither chipped nor cracked. The strain hardened zones are removed by machining or filing), hardglas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), geharde grondnoten-olie (hardened arachis fat, hardened peanut oil), bij een op de juiste wijze gehard staal kan men in de structuur de austenietkorrelgrenzen onderscheiden (in the structure of the properly hardened steel, the austenite grain boundaries can be seen), bij grotere diameters wordt alleen de randzone gehard (at larger diameters, only the surface is hardened), de naaldstructuur is echter duidelijker zichtbaar dan in de geharde toestand (the acicular microstructure is however more clearly visible than in the hardened condition), eboniet (ebonite, hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite), gehard door koudhamering (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), gehard glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), bandstaal kan tot een dikte van ongeveer 5 mm volledig doorgehard worden (strip can be through hardened up to a thickness of nearly 5mm), geharde arachide-olie (hardened arachis fat, hardened peanut oil), voorgespannen glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered glass, toughened glass), gehydrogeneerd vet (hardened fat, hydrogenated fat), gehydrogeneerde olie (hardened oil, hydrogenated oil), lengteveranderingen na het ontlaten van geharde staalsoorten (the length changes after tempering hardened steels), smeedstalen geharde wals van grote afmetingen (hardened forged rolls in large sizes), veredeld cr. ni. mo-staal met een betrekkelijk lage overgangstemperatuur (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature), gehard vet (hardened fat, hydrogenated fat). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

karaistunut (inured to cold). (various references)

   

French

  

durcie, durci. (various references)

   

German

  

gehärtet (tempered), abgehärtet (Hardy, tough), verhärtete. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πωρωμένος, αδιόρθωτος. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוקש" (hard, stiffened). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

harcedzett, megerõsített (confirmed, consolidated, fortified, strengthened), edzett (Hardy, tough, trained), atombiztos (nuclear-proof). (various references)

   

Italian

  

temprato, indurito (callous, indurated), incallito (calloused, crusted, engrained, inveterate). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

'" 心 (dissolute mind, hardened heart). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すさ" ""ろ (dissolute mind, hardened heart). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

강하게 하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheer-chliaghtit, creoit (stiffened, tempered, toughened), creoighit (sclerosed, toughened). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ardenedhay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

arraigar-se (induration). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

îndârjit (hard, inveterate, stubborn), încercat (experienced, salted, skilful, skilled, skillful, storm beaten, testing, tried, trying, weather beaten). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

твердеть закаленный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

habitual (crude, featureless, habitual, regular, tame), encallecido, curtido (leathering, tanned, tanning, working). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

härdad (Hardy, tough). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ซึ่งแข็งขึ้น, ซึ่งไม่มีความรู้สึก (insensible). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

katılaşmış (ossified, seared), kaşarlanmış (cunning, double-dyed, experienced, hackneyed, hard boiled, sophisticated). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

taplanmak (be hardened, tempered). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

незмінний (abiding, certain, changeless, eternal, firm, fixed, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inevitable, invariable, non-variant, one, permanent, same, unalterable, unexceptional, unfailing), затверділий (brawny, indurated), бездушний (brute, callous, chill, hard-hearted, hollow-hearted, inanimate, ossified, soulless). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hardened

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adtrita, adtriti, adtritis, adtritum, adtritus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Hardened

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 6, Verse 52
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOu gar sunhkan epi toiV artoiV hn gar h kardia autwn pepwrwmenh
Latin405VulgateNon enim intellexerant de panibus erat enim cor illorum obcaecatum
Old English990West SaxonNe on-geaten hyo be þam hlafan. Soðliceheore heorte wæs ablend.
Middle English1395WyclifFor thei vndurstoden not of the looues; for her herte was blyndid.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor they remembred not of the loves because their hertes were blynded.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor they considered not the miracle of the loaves; for their heart was hardened.
Basic English1964OgdenFor it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Hardened

LanguageMark Chapter 6, Verse 52
BulgarianЗащото не бяха се вразумили от чудото с хлябовете, но сърцето им беше закоравяло.
Cebuanokay wala man ugod sila makasabut mahitungod sa tinapay, hinonoa nagmagahi ang ilang mga kasingkasing.
Chinese這 是 為 他 們 不 明 白 那 分 餅 的 事 、 心 裡 還 是 愚 。
Croatianjoš ne shvatiše ono o kruhovima, nego im srce bijaše stvrdnuto.
DanishThi de havde ikke fået Forstand af det, som var sket med Brødene; men deres Hjerte var forhærdet
DutchWant zij hadden niet gelet op het wonder der broden; want hun hart was verhard.
FinnishSillä he eivät olleet noista leivistäkään päässeet ymmärrykseen, vaan heidän sydämensä oli paatunut.
Frenchcar ils n`avaient pas compris le miracle des pains, parce que leur coeur était endurci.
GaelicOir cha do thuig iad mu na bonnaich-arain: oir bha an cridhe air a chruadhachadh.
Germandenn sie waren nichts verständiger geworden über den Broten, und ihr Herz war erstarrt.
Haitian CreoleYo pa t' konprann sans mirak pen an, paske lespri yo te bouche toujou.
HungarianMert nem okultak a kenyereken, mivelhogy a szívök meg vala keményedve.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKeajaiban dengan lima buah roti itu belum lagi dipahami oleh mereka. Sukar bagi mereka untuk mengerti.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamakarena mereka itu belum mengerti dan tiada memperhatikan hal memberikan roti itu, oleh sebab keras hatinya.
Italianperché non avevano capito il fatto dei pani, essendo il loro cuore indurito.
Korean이 " 희 가 그 떡 떼 시 던 일 을 깨 닫 지 못 하 도 리 어 그 마 음 이 " 하 여 졌 음 이 러 라
LatvianJo viòi nesaprata notikumu ar maizçm; un viòu sirdis bija akluma skartas.
MaoriKihai hoki i mahara ki nga taro: he pakeke hoki no o ratou ngakau.
Modern Greek"ιοτι δεν ενοησαν εκ των αρτων, επειδη η καρδια αυτων ητο πεπωρωμενη.
NorwegianFor de hadde ikke fått forstand av det som var skjedd med brødene; men deres hjerte var forherdet.
Portuguesepois não tinham compreendido o milagre dos pães, antes o seu coração estava endurecido.   
Rumaniancqci nu knyeleseserq minunea cu pknile, fiindcq le era inima kmpietritq.
ShuarNuinkia entsaya kanunam waka enkempramiayi. Túramtai nasesha majaantmiayi. Ni unuiniamurinkia Enentái kiritia aintsan ásarmatai Jesus yurumkan Núkap awajsamia nuna paant nekaatniun tuke tujinkiarmiayi. Tuma ásar Yamái Túrunamu itiurak aankia tusar ti Enentáimprar sapijmiakarmiayi.
Spanishpues aún no habían comprendido lo de los panes; más bien, sus corazones estaban endurecidos.
Swahilimaana hawakuwa bado wameelewa maana ya ile mikate. Akili zao zilikuwa bado zimepumbazika.
Swedishty de hade icke kommit till förstånd genom det som hade skett med bröden, utan deras hjärtan voro förstockade.
Thai"้วยว่าการอัศจรรย์เรื่องขนมปังนั้นเขายังไม่เข้าใจ เพราะใจเขายังแข็งกระ"้าง
Ukrainianбо не зрозуміли чуда про хліби, бо серце їхн" було затверділе.
UmaApa' nau' ko'ia-ra mahae mpohilo tanda mekoncehi to nababehi hante roti-e ngone, ko'ia oa' monoto hi rala nono-ra kahema-na mpu'u-i Yesus. Morara' oa' -pidi nono-ra mepangala'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hardened

Derivations

Words ending with "hardened": rehardened, superhardened. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hardened" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aherdane, cardened, Harpeden, Harpeneden, Jardaneh. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hardened"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hardened" (pronounced hÄ"rdund)
6-Ä" r d u n dgardened, pardoned.
5-r d u n dcordoned.
4-d u n dabandoned, broadened, burdened, emboldened, overburdened, saddened, unburdened, widened.
3-u n daforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, brightened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disheartened, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, engined, enlightened, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, lightened, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, strengthened, summoned, sweetened, thickened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, wizened, worsened.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Hardened

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: adherend.

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-n-r"

-1 letter: adhered, redhead.

-2 letters: adhere, dander, darned, deaden, deader, deaned, earned, endear, handed, harden, headed, header, herded, neared, redden, rended.

-3 letters: adder, dared, denar, dread, dreed, eared, ended, ender, haded, hared, heard, heder, ranee, readd, redan, reded.

-4 letters: dare, darn, dead, dean, dear, deed, deer, dene, dere, dree, earn, erne, hade, haed, haen, hand, hard, hare, head, hear, heed, herd, here, hern, nard, near, need, nerd, rand, read, redd, rede, reed, rend, rhea.

-5 letters: add, and, ane, are, dad, dah, dee, den, ear, edh, end, era, ere, ern, had, hae, hen, her, nae, nah, nee, rad, rah, ran, red, ree.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-n-r"
 

+1 letter: adherends, rehandled.

 

+2 letters: barehanded, decahedron, dunderhead, forehanded, freehanded, overhanded, rehardened, unheralded, unthreaded, verandahed.

 

+3 letters: apprehended, decahedrons, downhearted, dunderheads, kindhearted, overhandled, philandered, roundheaded, thunderhead, underhanded, wrongheaded.

 

+4 letters: candleholder, chandeliered, disheartened, dodecahedron, dunderheaded, forehandedly, freehandedly, hydrogenated, merchandised, merchandized, thunderheads, undercharged.

 

+5 letters: candleholders, dechlorinated, dehydrogenase, dehydrogenate, disenthralled, dodecahedrons, downheartedly, grandfathered, kindheartedly, schadenfreude, superhardened, tenderhearted, underachieved, underhandedly, wrongheadedly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hardened


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 72 64 65 6E 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .-    .-.    -..    .    -.    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110010 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#114 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0072 0064 0065 006E 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4267847071807170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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