Synonyms for harden
ˈhɑr dnhard·en

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1. harden

   Synonyms:
   inure, train, habituate, confirm, indurate, consolidate, compact

   Antonyms:
   disinure, relax, enervate, debilitate, dishabituate, soften, melt, mollify, colliquate, vaporize

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1. harden, indurateverb

   become hard or harder

   "The wax hardened"

   Synonyms:
   inure, indurate, season, temper

   Antonyms:
   soften

2. harden, indurateverb

   make hard or harder

   "The cold hardened the butter"

   Synonyms:
   inure, indurate, season, temper

   Antonyms:
   soften

3. temper, hardenverb

   harden by reheating and cooling in oil

   "temper steel"

   Synonyms:
   temper, season, chasten, anneal, mollify, moderate, indurate, inure, normalize

   Antonyms:
   soften

4. season, hardenverb

   make fit

   "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

   Synonyms:
   temper, season, mollify, flavour, flavor, inure, indurate

   Antonyms:
   soften

5. inure, harden, indurateverb

   cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

   "He was inured to the cold"

   Synonyms:
   indurate, season, inure, temper

   Antonyms:
   soften

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Habituate
   • Modify
   • Toughen

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1. solidifies

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

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1. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   indurate, make hard, make callous

2. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   habituate, inure, season, accustom, form, train, discipline

3. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, fortify, steel, nerve, brace

4. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   sear, make callous, render insensible

5. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   make obdurate, confirm in wickedness

6. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   grow or become hard

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1. hardenverb

   Synonyms:
   indurate, solidify, petrify, ossify, sear, brutalize, embitter, inure, season, fortify, steel, brace, accustom

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1. List of paraphrases for "harden":

   hardin, toughen, söderman

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1. Howard Schultz:

   We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people, i don't know if we can keep our bathrooms open.

2. Antonio Barroso:

   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.

3. James Harden:

   The Lakers, on their biggest possession of the night, went to Davis who was guarded by Eric Gordon, who stands about half-a-foot shorter than Davis. It led to an easy score for Davis with 1:47 left, and The Lakers had a bit of breathing room. Alex Caruso 3-pointer off a pass from James Harden with 34.6 seconds left made it 108-100, sealing the win. Obviously, weve got to be better.

4. Parker Singleton:

   When you’re a child your brain is very malleable, you don’t have all of these models for your whole life yet, you’re more able to continuously update your beliefs. at some point those models harden, and they become more difficult to shape. Under psychedelics we open up a new window to do that.

5. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul:

   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.