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hardening someone's heart

hardening someone's heart is the present participle and gerund 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 hardening someone's heart

What is hardening someone's heart the present participle and gerund of?
Hardening someone's heart is the present participle and gerund of harden someone's heart.

Words near hardening someone's heart in the dictionary

  1. hardenest
  2. hardeneth
  3. Hardengreen
  4. hardening
  5. hardening one's neck
  6. hardening someone's heart
  7. hardening up
  8. hardenings
  9. hardenite
  10. Hardenne
  11. hardens

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