Hardened and Rough

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Hardened

Hardened adjective - Able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure.
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Rough and hardened are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Hardened".
Nearby Words: hardening, hardener

Rough

Rough adjective - Harsh and threatening in manner or appearance.
Usage example: the rough faces of hardened criminals who had spent most of their lives behind bars
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Hardened and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardened" instead an adjective "Rough".
Nearby Words: roughly, roughness, roughen, roughening, roughed

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  • Training from Hell: Buck recalls that Spartan-IV training was pretty rough even for a hardened special forces veteran like himself.
    Source: Literature / Halo: New Blood
  • Characters / Nazi Germany This earned him the mixed compliment/insult of "Frontline Pig"note In the slang of German soldiers, Frontschwein was a term for World War I veterans of the Western Front and it meant "a rough and tumble, no frills, hardened guy".
    Source: Characters / Nazi Germany
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