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steelnoun a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp pointdrew steel on the bandits, who immediately fled for their lives steelverbto fill with courage or strength of purposehoped that his inspirational talk would steel the youths in the pursuit of their dreams bear up, buck up, buoy (up), cheer (up), chirk (up), embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit animate, enliven, invigorateenforce, fortify, reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenassure, reassureboost, energize, excite, galvanize, provoke, quicken, rally, stimulate, stir daunt, discourage, dishearten, dispirit demoralize, depress, saddendebilitate, enfeeble, hamstring, undermine, weakenintimidate, psych (out) to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposureyears of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman fortify, harden, indurate, inure, season, strengthen, toughen acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjustanneal, temperinvigorate, vitalizeimmunizebolster, boost, brace, buttress, enforce, forearm, prop (up), reinforce(also reenforce), supportbreak in, limber (up), trainaccustom, condition, habituate, naturalize soften emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weakencripple, debilitate, hamstring, incapacitatesensitize to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallyhe had spent the previous night steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise brace, forearm, fortify, nerve, poise, psych (up), ready, strengthen armharden, inure, season, toughenbolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce(also reenforce), support, sustaincheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspirerally, rouse, stir daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnervedebilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken before the 12th century |