as in to crystallize
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigidify
Verb
-
That vulnerability crystallizes in her scenes opposite French screen legend Daniel Auteuil, who plays her ex-husband, Gabriel.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025 -
With only a handful of the local elections yet to be decided, the will of the members is beginning to crystallize, though there is still more to unfold.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
His worldview has ossified, and there is perhaps understandably a sense that his country has left him behind.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
2 May 2025
-
The final age is the modern one, with the world now mostly settled and divided up, its borders more sharply defined and ossified.—
Yussef Cole,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
-
With his focus clear, sources say, William's anger has calcified into indifference about the situation, a friend told The Sunday Times in June.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
-
Stories like the closest, about inglorious grunt work and uncommon sacrifice, are everywhere in the NFL; tales that calcify with each retelling until the truth of this coach or that executive’s rise becomes inseparable from myth.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
Yet that comes as experts say competition among convenience stores is stiffening.—
Natalie Rice,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
-
Despite herself, Cali stiffened.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The only issue is his mother Laura (Wright), a woman who has lost a child once before and is petrified of a repeat.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
-
So don’t go around being petrified of having your esophagus rupture someday.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Verb
-
The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
-
Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
Verb
-
The theory suggests the continuous collision of the Indian and Asian plates caused their crusts to thicken, reaching depths of 70–80 kilometers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
-
Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until thickened adjusting the heat the last 5 minutes if needed to bring up the heat to aid the thickening process.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
3 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Rigidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidify. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share