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SOFTENS Antonyms

There are 12 antonyms of the word softens. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For SOFTENS

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calcifies
verbv
verb

• become impregnated with calcium salts

• become inflexible and unchanging

• turn into lime; become calcified

• convert into lime

coarsens
verbv
verb

• make or become coarse or coarser

• make less subtle or refined

firms
nounn
noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

adverb

• with resolute determination

adjective satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

verb

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

hardens
verbv
verb

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

roughens
verbv
verb

• make rough or rougher

solidifies
verbv
verb

• make solid or more solid; cause to solidify

• become solid

stiffens
verbv
verb

• become stiff or stiffer

• make stiff or stiffer

• severely restrict in scope or extent

strengthens
verbv
verb

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

tightens
verbv
verb

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit

toughens
verbv
verb

• make tough or tougher

harden
verbv
verb

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

sharpen
verbv
verb

• make sharp or sharper

• make crisp or more crisp and precise

• become sharp or sharper

• put (an image) into focus

• make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

• raise the pitch of (musical notes)

• give a point to

• make (one's senses) more acute

Alternatives for CALCIFIES

Alternatives for COARSENS

Alternatives for FIRMS

Alternatives for HARDENS

Alternatives for SOLIDIFIES

Alternatives for STIFFENS

Alternatives for STRENGTHENS

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