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Synonyms for harden
ˈhɑr dnhard·en
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
harden
Synonyms:
inure, train, habituate, confirm, indurate, consolidate, compactAntonyms:
disinure, relax, enervate, debilitate, dishabituate, soften, melt, mollify, colliquate, vaporize
Princeton's WordNet
harden, indurateverb
become hard or harder
"The wax hardened"
Synonyms:
inure, indurate, season, temperAntonyms:
softenharden, indurateverb
make hard or harder
"The cold hardened the butter"
Synonyms:
inure, indurate, season, temperAntonyms:
softentemper, hardenverb
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
"temper steel"
Synonyms:
temper, season, chasten, anneal, mollify, moderate, indurate, inure, normalizeAntonyms:
softenseason, hardenverb
make fit
"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
Synonyms:
temper, season, mollify, flavour, flavor, inure, indurateAntonyms:
softeninure, harden, indurateverb
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
"He was inured to the cold"
Synonyms:
indurate, season, inure, temperAntonyms:
soften
Editors Contribution
solidifies
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hardenverb
Synonyms:
indurate, make hard, make calloushardenverb
Synonyms:
habituate, inure, season, accustom, form, train, disciplinehardenverb
Synonyms:
strengthen, fortify, steel, nerve, bracehardenverb
Synonyms:
sear, make callous, render insensiblehardenverb
Synonyms:
make obdurate, confirm in wickednesshardenverb
Synonyms:
grow or become hard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#1060 | season | |
#2505 | train | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3358 | confirm | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#8705 | flavor | |
#12637 | consolidate | |
#18059 | flavour | |
#19215 | temper | |
#20660 | hardin | |
#27640 | harden | |
#34991 | normalize | |
#90007 | inure | |
#92134 | toughen | |
#108872 | anneal | |
#159338 | mollify | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#264391 | habituate | |
#308515 | soderman |
How to use harden in a sentence?
I … think that ISIS may have concluded that the best way to defeat airport defenses is not to go through them, but to go around them with the help of somebody on the inside, and if that's the case, I think there are probably at least a dozen airports in the region and beyond that are vulnerable to the same kind of approach, which is exactly why we have to harden those defenses.
James Harden said. James Harden was then asked why The Rockets were flat through three quarters. Good question.
What's going to happen is it's going to harden people's resolve on this issue, i think what's going to happen is that state and localities are just going to opt out of the marriage business.
The good result of the extreme-left Left Bloc will force the Socialists to harden their stance towards the government, which does not bode well for political stability over the medium term.
We stuck to the game plan, we didn't want a talented guy like James Harden to beat us. We wanted their other guys to beat us and we forced him to pass off to other guys and we trusted our weakside rotation.
Translations for harden
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- endurir, endurir-seCatalan, Valencian
- tvrdnout, zatvrdit se, tvrdit, vytvrdit, ztuhnoutCzech
- σκληρύνωGreek
- endurecerSpanish
- kovettua, kovettaaFinnish
- endurcir, durcirFrench
- megkeményedik, keményedik, keményít, megkeményítHungarian
- hardeskarIdo
- obdūrefaciō, firmoLatin
- häerdenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- whakauka, ūtonga, whakapakeke, whakapūioioMāori
- verstijven, harden, verhardenDutch
- twardniećPolish
- endurecerPortuguese
- sinchiyay, rumiyay, chuchuyayQuechua
- затверде́ть, ожесточить, ожесточиться, тверде́тьRussian
- отврднути, otvrdnutiSerbo-Croatian
- 硬化Chinese
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