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toughen
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, brutalize, climatize, develop, inure, make difficult, season, strengthen, temper |
| Antonyms: | flex, soften, tenderize |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | inure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accustom |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, familiarize, habituate, harden, make ready, season, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | reinforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, augment |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, add to, back up, beef up, bolster, boost, build up, buttress, carry, emphasize, energize, enlarge, fortify, harden, heat up, hype, increase, lend a hand, multiply, pick up, pillar, prop, prop up, punch up, shore up, soup up, stand up for, stiffen, stress, stroke, supplement, support, sustain, toughen, underline |
| Antonyms: | subtract, take away, undermine, weaken |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acclimatize, prepare |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, fit, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | strengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more forceful, powerful |
| Synonyms: | add, add fuel to fire, anneal, ascend, bolster, brace, build up, buttress, confirm, corroborate, empower, enhance, enlarge, establish, extend, fortify, harden, heighten, increase, intensify, invigorate, justify, make firm, mount, multiply, regenerate, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rise, set up, sinew, steel, step up, substantiate, support, sustain, temper, tone, tone up, toughen, wax |
| Antonyms: | break down, hurt, weaken |
| Main Entry: | strengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, hearten |
| Synonyms: | animate, back, back up, bear out, bloom, brace, brace up, burgeon, carry weight, cheer, consolidate, embolden, enhearten, enliven, flourish, flower, fortify, gather resources, gird, give weight, harden, inspirit, invigorate, nerve, nourish, prepare, prosper, rally, ready, refresh, rejuvenate, restore, steel, substantiate, temper, thrive, toughen, uphold |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, dissuade, weaken |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | anneal, bake, braze, cement, chill, congeal, dry, indurate, mold, petrify, set, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, toughen, toughen up |
| Antonyms: | bend, flex, soften |
| Main Entry: | tighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | constrict |
| Synonyms: | bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, fix, grip, harden, narrow, pinch, pressure, rigidify, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, strain, strangle, stretch, tauten, tense, toughen |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, loose, loosen, relax, release |
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