indurate v become fixed or established indurated customs v make hard or harder v become hard or harder v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate s emotionally hardened cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion Usage(s) Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering. When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion. For Hugo Stinnes, crafty, potent, indurate,a short while "All-Highest" of Germanywas planned a mausoleum to rival Les Invalides. Synonym(s) harden inure callous pachydermatous Antonym(s) soften