English-German translations for hardened

• abgehärtet
• hartgesotten
  In den letzten Monaten hatten sogar hartgesottene Finanzminister Furcht und hätten sie auch haben sollen. In recent months, even hardened finance ministers were, and should have been, afraid.
• verhärtet
  In den letzten Wochen haben sich jedochdie Positionen gegenüber diesem Thema verhärtet. In recent weeks, however, stances on the issue have hardened.

Definition of hardened

• Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous
• firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate

Examples

• The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.

Related words

• unhardened
• hardened off
• wine made from grapes hardened by frost