Thesaurus
:
harden
T
hesaurus
harden
English
Verb
Sense: to make something hard or harder
Synonyms
anneal
(
figuratively
,
archaic or poetic
)
harden
indurate
obdurate
sclerotise
solidify
steel
stiffen
temper
Antonyms
soften
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Hyponyms
freeze
ossify
petrify
vitrify
—
ruggedize
See also
Thesaurus:hardness
Thesaurus:hard
Thesaurus:strengthen
Further reading
“
323. hardness
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
harden
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.