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hardened someone's heart

hardened someone's heart is the simple past and past participle of harden someone's heart.

Meaning of harden someone's heart

Verb

harden someone's heart (third-person singular simple present hardens someone's heart, present participle hardening someone's heart, simple past and past participle hardened someone's heart)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, reflexive, usually) To make someone more resistant to something.
    • Seeing so much suffering for so long hardened his heart.

Questions about hardened someone's heart

What is hardened someone's heart the simple past and past participle of?
Hardened someone's heart is the simple past and past participle of harden someone's heart.

Words near hardened someone's heart in the dictionary

  1. hardenable
  2. Hardenberg
  3. Hardendale
  4. hardened
  5. hardened one's neck
  6. hardened someone's heart
  7. hardened up
  8. hardener
  9. hardeners
  10. hardenest
  11. hardeneth

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