Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harden someone's heart

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: hard-en -some-one's -heart
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make someone more resistant to something.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Seeing so much suffering for so long hardened his heart."
"She hardened her heart against his inevitable pleas."
"And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments."
"Farrell had been to prison, and he thought the daily malignancy he had witnessed there had hardened his heart."

Usage

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Inflected Forms

hardens someone's heart (present, singular) hardening someone's heart (participle, present) hardened someone's heart (participle, past) hardened someone's heart (past)

Questions

What does harden someone's heart mean?: To make someone more resistant to something.

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