indurate | Definition of indurate

indurate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of indurate

1 to become physically firm or solid

clay that had been indurated by long exposure to the summer sun

Synonyms of indurate

concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, harden, set, solidify

Words Related to indurate

cake, callus, encrust (also incrust)

clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thicken

calcify, crystallize (also crystalize), ossify, petrify, rigidify

anneal, case-harden, temper

Near Antonyms of indurate

deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze

Antonyms of indurate

liquefy (also liquify), soften

2 to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure

such a brutal upbringing could only callous his soul and indurate his heart to the suffering of others

Synonyms of indurate

fortify, harden, inure, season, steel, strengthen, toughen

Words Related to indurate

acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust

invigorate, vitalize

bolster, boost, brace, buttress, enforce, forearm, prop (up), reinforce (also reenforce), support

break in, limber (up), train

accustom, condition, habituate, naturalize

Near Antonyms of indurate

emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weaken

cripple, debilitate, hamstring, incapacitate

Antonyms of indurate