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English
1.1
Verb
1.1.1
Sense: to make something hard or harder
1.1.1.1
Synonyms
1.1.1.2
Antonyms
1.1.1.3
Hyponyms
1.2
See also
1.3
Further reading
English
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Verb
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Sense: to make something hard or harder
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Synonyms
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anneal
(
figuratively
,
archaic or poetic
)
harden
indurate
obdurate
sclerotise
solidify
steel
stiffen
temper
Antonyms
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soften
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]
Hyponyms
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freeze
ossify
petrify
vitrify
—
ruggedize
See also
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Thesaurus:hardness
Thesaurus:hard
Thesaurus:strengthen
Further reading
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“
323. hardness
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
harden
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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