Synonyms of indurates

indurates

verb

present tense third-person singular of indurate

1

as in freezes

to become physically firm or solid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freezes
• hardens
• firms (up)
• stiffens
• solidifies
• incrusts
• congeals
• sets
• concretes
• rigidifies
• encrusts
• gels
• crystallizes
• gelatinizes
• crystalizes
• cakes
• coagulates
• gelates
• thickens
• calluses
• jellies
• petrifies
• calcifies
• ossifies
• clots
• jells
• anneals
• case-hardens
• tempers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softens
• liquefies
• melts
• dissolves
• liquifies
• fuses
• thaws
• smelts
• deliquesces
• fluxes
• unfreezes

2

as in strengthens

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 & Similar Words

• strengthens
• hardens
• fortifies
• inures
• adjusts
• seasons
• adapts
• toughens
• steels
• bolsters
• vitalizes
• reinforces
• breaks in
• acclimatizes
• braces
• invigorates
• anneals
• conditions
• enforces
• reenforces
• tempers
• props (up)
• acclimates
• immunizes
• limbers (up)
• buttresses
• habituates
• boosts
• supports
• naturalizes
• accustoms
• trains
• forearms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softens
• saps
• weakens
• exhausts
• cripples
• sensitizes
• emasculates
• enervates
• incapacitates
• enfeebles
• debilitates
• hamstrings