indurate
Make callously unfeeling
Indurate means to harden or make hard.
The word applies literally to physical materials that become solid or callous, and figuratively to attitudes or feelings that grow unyielding: Years of disappointment had indurated her against hope.
As an adjective, indurate describes something already hardened or obdurate: an indurate heart.
The word is formal and literary.
Hite calcium deposits form
- ossifyConvert to calcium tissue
- petrifyFossilize or paralyze utterly
- solidifyMake or become hard
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
crystallize · lithify · fossilize · densify · congeal · coagulate · set · temper
Without compassion or emotion
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- coldLow temperature state
- numbLacking physical sensation
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
stony · pitiless · ruthless · unsympathetic · apathetic · emotionless · unresponsive · indifferent
Make more robust
- fortifyMake stronger against threat
- reinforceAdd strength to something
- temperState of mind
- hardenMake or become firm
steel · season · condition · acclimate · inure · weather · roughen · brace
Unable to be affected
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- inflexibleUnable to bend
unbending · adamant · intractable · immovable · steadfast · obstinate · tenacious · dogged
calcify
Hite calcium deposits form
cement · crystallize · lithify · fossilize · densify · congeal · coagulate · set · temper · vulcanize
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
hardened · stony · pitiless · ruthless · unsympathetic · apathetic · emotionless · unresponsive · indifferent · detached
strengthen
Make more robust
harden · steel · season · condition · acclimate · inure · weather · roughen · brace · armor
impervious
Unable to be affected
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- stubbornRefusing to change course
inflexible · unbending · adamant · intractable · immovable · steadfast · obstinate · tenacious · dogged · resolute
induratesoften
Make less firm
tender · compassionate · tenderhearted · softhearted · warmhearted