hard·en (här dn)v. hard·ened, hard·en·ing, hard·ens v.tr.1. To make hard or harder. 2. To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship. 3. To make unfeeling, unsympathetic, or callous: "To love love and not its meaning hardens the heart in monstrous ways" Archibald MacLeish. 4. To make sharp, as in outline. 5. To protect (nuclear weapons) by surrounding with earth or concrete. v.intr.1. To become hard or harder. 2. To rise and become stable. Used of prices. 3. To become inured. Synonyms: harden, acclimate, acclimatize, season, toughen These verbs mean to make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure: was hardened to frontier life; is acclimated to the tropical heat; was acclimatized by long hours to overwork; became seasoned to life in prison; toughened by experience. |
harden Verb 1. to make or become hard; freeze, stiffen, or set 2. to make or become tough or unfeeling: life in the camp had hardened her considerably 3. to make or become stronger or firmer: they hardened defences 4. to make or become more determined or resolute: the government has hardened its attitude to the crisis 5. Commerce (of prices or a market) to cease to fluctuate
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Verb | 1. | harden - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" callus - form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused" harden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" calcify - become impregnated with calcium salts cure - make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" soften - become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" | | 2. | harden - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" callus - cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" anneal, temper, normalize - bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" soften - make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry" | | 3. | harden - harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | | 4. | harden - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"toughen - make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her" | | 5. | harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"accustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" |
harden verb 1. solidify, set, freeze, cake, bake, clot, thicken, stiffen, crystallize, congeal, coagulate, anneal
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