Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb indurate
4 senses of indurate
Sense 1
indurate -- (become fixed or established; "indurated customs")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 2
harden, indurate -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 3
harden, indurate -- (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 4
inure, harden, indurate -- (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold")
=> habituate, accustom -- (make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music")
Antonyms of adj indurate
1 sense of indurate
Sense 1
callous, indurate, pachydermatous -- (emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion")
INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive -- (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs")
Similarity of adj indurate
1 sense of indurate
Sense 1
callous, indurate, pachydermatous -- (emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion")
=> insensitive (vs. sensitive) -- (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients")