harden heart

harden your heart

(slightly formal)

to make yourself stop feeling kindness and sympathy He found it difficult to harden his heart completely against his old colleague.

(slightly formal)

to make yourself stop feeling kind or friendly towards someone You've just got to harden your heart and tell him to leave.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bakir	-	Bosnian
WilmǢR	-	Anglo-Saxon
Florian	FLO-ree-ahn (German), FLAWR-yahn (Polish)	German, Polish, French
Jobeth	JO-beth	English (Rare)
Demokritos	-	Ancient Greek
Sedna	-	Mythology