variants  
 also engrain
        
    1
                    as in to inculcate
                                                
              
          
                                                      to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle                                       
              
                             the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
        Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
                
                
                
              Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
                    as in to etch
                                                
              
          
                                                      to produce a vivid impression of                                       
              
                             the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
        Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
                    as in to entrench
                                                
              
          
                                                      to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter                                       
              
                             tried to ingrain traditional values in their children                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
        Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in inherent
                                      
              
          
                                                      being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing                                       
              
                             an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
        Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Love words? Need even more definitions?
  
  Merriam-Webster unabridged




Share