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Synonyms for inure

All synonyms

Verb

1. Harden — to cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or…

harden, use, habituate, accustom, season, train, familiarize UK US, familiarise UK, indurate, toughen, acclimate US

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.

Related words

Word family
inurement
Other spellings
enure

Forms

Past participle
inured
e.g. inured → hardened, used, habituated, accustomed…

Example sentences

  • toughen The families demanded for the law to toughen.
  • accrue Interest will begin to accrue after the first year.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inurefalling
toughenrising
induratefalling
accruefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
use1
5 letters
train1
6 letters
season2, harden2, accrue2
7 letters
toughen2
8 letters
accustom3, indurate
9 letters
acclimate3, habituate
11 letters
familiarize4, familiarise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (season2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
endurcir