hardens
Sets like concrete
Hardens is the third-person singular of harden—to become or make firm, solid, or rigid.
Wet cement hardens as it dries.
Muscles harden with exercise.
Figuratively, attitudes and positions harden when they become fixed or unyielding: Opposition to the proposal hardened after the scandal.
A person hardens when they become less sensitive or sympathetic: Years of rejection had hardened her.
Becomes hard or firm
- setsGrouped items together
- curesRemedies that heal
- congealsThickens into semi-solid
- freezesHardens from cold
stiffens · coagulates · gels · thickens · crystallizes · calcifies · ossifies · petrifies
Settles or concludes firmly
- steelsStrengthens one's nerve
- stiffensBecomes less pliable
- strengthensIncreases force or durability
- firmsCommercial enterprises or solidifies
bolsters · fortifies · toughens · galvanizes · nerves · braces · girds · emboldens
Increases force or durability
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
- buttressesExternal wall supports
- bolstersSupports or cylindrical pillows
- securesMakes fast or safe
armors · entrenches · defends · protects · shields · braces · girds · shores
Deprives of sensation
- callousesToughened skin patches
- inuresAccustoms through experience
- accustomsMakes gradually comfortable with
- desensitizesMakes less responsive
deadens · blunts · toughens · steels · seasons · conditions · immunizes · acclimatizes
solidifies
Becomes hard or firm
freezes · stiffens · coagulates · gels · thickens · crystallizes · calcifies · ossifies · petrifies · cement
resolves
Settles or concludes firmly
- steelsStrengthens one's nerve
- stiffensBecomes less pliable
- strengthensIncreases force or durability
firms · bolsters · fortifies · toughens · galvanizes · nerves · braces · girds · emboldens · determines
strengthens
Increases force or durability
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
- buttressesExternal wall supports
- bolstersSupports or cylindrical pillows
secures · armors · entrenches · defends · protects · shields · braces · girds · shores · steels
numbs
Deprives of sensation
- callousesToughened skin patches
- inuresAccustoms through experience
- accustomsMakes gradually comfortable with
desensitizes · deadens · blunts · toughens · steels · seasons · conditions · immunizes · acclimatizes · emboldens
tempers
Emotional states prone to anger
toughens · forges · smiths · hammers · precipitates
- solidifiesfreezes, sets, gels, congeals, coagulates
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- maturesripens, ages, mellows, seasons, ferments
hardensweakens
Reduces strength or power
enfeebles · debilitates · undermines · deteriorates · degrades
- try harderExert greater effort
- hardened steelHeat-treated ferrous alloy
- hardest workingExerting maximum effort
- hardened heartEmotional numbness by choice
- hardened arteriesStiffened, plaque-clogged blood vessels
- hardened someone's heartMade emotionally impervious
harden, hardened, harder, hardening, hardest, unhardened, hardener, hardeners, reharden