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Harden

/ˈhɑːdn̩/

To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).

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📖 Definitions of "Harden"

verb

1
To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
2
To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
3
To strengthen.
4
To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.

🔄 Synonyms of "Harden"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tempernoun	A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
inureverb	(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
seasonnoun	Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

↔️ Antonyms of "Harden"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
softenverb	(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Harden"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
tempernoun	A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
inureverb	(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
seasonnoun	Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
toughenverb	(transitive) To make tough.
tightenverb	(transitive) To make tighter.
solidifyverb	(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
strengthenverb	(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
setverb	(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
reinforceverb	(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
enureverb	(intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative; used with to.
hickeynoun	(originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
fortifyverb	(transitive) To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
gelnoun	A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
steelnoun	(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
cakenoun	A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
hardinnoun	A number of places in the United States:
stiffenverb	(intransitive) To become stiff.
petrifyverb	To immobilize with fright.
congealverb	(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
calcifyverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.