7
hardened(adjective, hard, careless, indifferent, cruel)
5
hard-boiled(noun, adjective, hard, careless, indifferent)
5
inured(noun, adjective, hard, careless, indifferent)
4
callous(noun, verb, adjective, dull, hard)
4
hard(adjective, careless, indifferent, cruel, apathetic)
4
insensitive(noun, adjective, hard, careless, indifferent)
4
set
4
thick-skinned(noun, adjective, hard, careless, indifferent)
4
toughened(noun, adjective, hard, careless, indifferent)
3
heartless(adjective, hard, careless, indifferent, cruel)
3
obdurate(adjective, hard, careless, indifferent, cruel)
3
steeled(noun, adjective, hard, unfeeling, unsympathetic)
2
accustomed(adjective, hard, unfeeling, unsympathetic, prepared)
2
calcified(verb, adjective, calcify, curdled, calloused)
2
calloused(verb, calcify, curdled, densify)
2
fossilized(verb, calcify, curdled, calloused, densify)
2
hardhearted(adjective, hard, careless, indifferent, cruel)
2
impervious
2
indurate(verb, adjective, dull, develop, blunt)
2
indurated(adjective, hard, careless, indifferent, cruel)
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