harden the heart

verb

Roget 823: be insensible etc. adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility etc. n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for etc. 866; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari [Lat.]; not care a straw for etc. (unimportance) 643; disregard etc. (neglect) 460; set at naught etc. (make light of) 483; turn a deaf ear to etc. (inattention) 458; vegetate.    render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund^†, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate^†, stun, stupefy; brutify^†; brutalize; chloroform, anaesthetize^†, put under; assify^†.    inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear.    ... show more

Roget 889: be inimical etc. adj.; keep at arm's length, hold at arm's length; be at loggerheads; bear malice etc. 907; fall out; take umbrage etc. 900; harden the heart, alienate, estrange.    [not friendly, but not hostile]. (indifference). 866.    ... show more

Roget 951: be impenitent etc. adj.; steel the heart, harden the heart; die game, die and make no sign, die unshriven, die without benefit of clergy.   

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