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
Annice	AN-is	English
Philomena	fil-ə-MEEN-ə (English)	English, German, Late Greek
Peggie	PEG-ee	English
Mamie	MAY-mee	English
Perttu	PERT-too	Finnish
Ishtar	ISH-tahr (English)	Near Eastern Mythology