case-hardened

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

case-hardened
    adj 1: used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-
           hardened judge" [syn: {case-hardened}, {hardened}, {hard-
           boiled}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Casehardened \Case"hard`ened\, a.
   1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
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   2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences;
      rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or
      resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.
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