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indurate

adjective verb

Emotionally hardened

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
I
Ends with
E
Contains
ND
Scrabble score
9
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. Emotionally hardened

    “A callous indifference to suffering”

verb

  1. Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

    “He was inured to the cold”

verb

  1. Become hard or harder

    “The wax hardened”

verb

  1. Make hard or harder

    “The cold hardened the butter”

verb

  1. Become fixed or established

    “Indurated customs”

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Example Sentences

A callous indifference to suffering
Cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion
He was inured to the cold
The wax hardened
The cold hardened the butter
Indurated customs

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