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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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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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?
You have a relatively small number of people with very large followings who have the ability to find a narrative somewhere, pick it out of obscurity — one tweet, one photo, one video — and harden it into these narratives.
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.
A political appointee who runs a law enforcement agency doesn’t get to re-envision the law, the law is what the law is. It’s been developed through decades of cases, economic work… I think all he accomplished in this case was to harden the law in an area where he would like to see it moved.
James Harden said. FINISHING STRONG Snyder inserted Derrick Favors in the lineup in place of Rudy Gobert for the final 4 minutes of the fourth quarter. The move paid off. Derrick Favors totaled six points and six rebounds in 10 minutes in the quarter. All but one rebound came during the final three minutes to prevent Houston from making a late rally, like in Game 3. Rudy Gobert totaled four points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in 24 minutes. Rudy Gobert admitted to being surprised by the decision, but took it in stride. When hes on the floor and Im on the bench, of course I want to be out there, but if Rudy Gobert has a great game and the team is winning thats the most important thing, thats all that matters.
Translations for harden
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- endurir, endurir-seCatalan, Valencian
- tvrdnout, tvrdit, vytvrdit, ztuhnout, zatvrdit seCzech
- styrkeDanish
- σκληρύνωGreek
- endurecerSpanish
- kovettaa, kovettuaFinnish
- endurcir, durcirFrench
- megkeményedik, keményedik, megkeményít, keményítHungarian
- hardeskarIdo
- obdūrefaciō, firmoLatin
- häerdenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- whakapūioio, ūtonga, whakapakeke, whakaukaMāori
- harden, verharden, verstijvenDutch
- twardniećPolish
- endurecerPortuguese
- sinchiyay, chuchuyay, rumiyayQuechua
- ожесточиться, тверде́ть, затверде́ть, ожесточитьRussian
- otvrdnuti, отврднутиSerbo-Croatian
- 硬化Chinese
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