Found 2 hits - Term: case-hardened, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
casehardened \case"hard`ened\, a.
1. having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
1913 webster
2. hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences;
rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or
resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
case-hardened
adj : used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a
case-hardened judge" syn: hardened, hard-boiled
see also:
hardened hard-boiled
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