harden

Other forms of harden

past tense

hardenned·

present participle

hardenning·

third person

hardens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about harden

What does harden mean?

harden means "become hard or harder". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in harden?

harden has 2 syllables: har-den. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹdən/.

What is another word for harden?

Close synonyms include indurate, indurate, temper, season, inure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of harden?

The recorded antonyms are soften, soften.

Is harden a common word?

harden is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.