as in to crystallize
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigidify
Verb
-
Honey can also harden and crystallize, leading to more potential problems.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Their camaraderie had been crystallized, too.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
And he's taken aim at the foreign policy apparatus, describing institutions like the NSC and State Department as having been ossified and out of touch.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2026
-
This year’s awards narrative was already feeling especially ossified.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Scott sings through a grin, refusing to let setbacks calcify.—
Marcus J. Moore,
Pitchfork,
18 Feb. 2026
-
Her performance balances restraint with sudden flashes of overwhelming emotion and even fury, effectively embodying a woman whose subtle self-abuse has calcified into habit.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
What began as breathlessness hardened into silicosis, an irreversible disease that stiffens the lungs until even ordinary movement becomes effort.—
Dr. Céline Gounder,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
-
After the deputies put him back into the chair, Mitchell’s body stiffened, with his legs straight in front of him and his head lolling back.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
The filmmaker leans pop-comic rather than petrifying in his final draft, opting for earnestness that smothers atmospheric dread.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
-
The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
8 Feb. 2026
-
Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Do not use warm or hot water since this can actually cause the blood to coagulate.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2026
-
The honey was too thick and caused the sauce to kind of coagulate.—
Brittany Loggins,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
-
Coastal areas could see marine layer low clouds return as early as Friday night and thicken on Saturday night.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
-
Once again, the plot is sure to thicken from here.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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 20 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
