rigidifies
Turns hard, unyielding
Rigidifies means makes or becomes rigid.
Something that rigidifies loses flexibility, whether physically or figuratively: The paste rigidifies as it dries.
Policies or attitudes that rigidify become inflexible and resistant to change: His opposition rigidified after the debate.
Make or become hard
- stiffenBecome less pliable
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- petrifyFossilize or paralyze utterly
- crystallizeForm into ordered structure
calcify · indurate · set · ossify · fossilize · vitrify · lithify · gel
Convert to calcium tissue
- calcifyHite calcium deposits form
- fossilizeTurn to mineral remains
- entrenchFix firmly in place
- institutionalizeEstablish as norm
formalize · codify · bureaucratize · systematize · fix · establish · cement · solidify
solidify
Make or become hard
crystallize · calcify · indurate · set · ossify · fossilize · vitrify · lithify · gel · jell
ossify
Convert to calcium tissue
institutionalize · formalize · codify · bureaucratize · systematize · fix · establish · cement · solidify · crystallize
reinforce
Add strength to something
- fortifyMake stronger against threat
- consolidateUnite separate things
- bolsterStrengthen or buttress
buttress · brace · shore · support · toughen · firm · tauten · tighten · gird · steel
paralyze
Cause loss of movement
clamp · secure · fasten · lock · moor · pinion · root · stabilize · halt · arrest
rigidifiesloosens
Decreases tightness or tension
relaxes · adapts · liberalizes · opens up · destabilizes