Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rigidifying

1 sense of rigidifying

Sense 1
stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification -- (the process of becoming stiff or rigid)
       => natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rigidify

2 senses of rigidify

Sense 1
rigidify -- (become rigid; "The body rigidified")
       => stiffen -- (become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room")

Sense 2
rigidify, ossify, petrify -- (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking")
       => stiffen -- (make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine")