Synonyms of ingrained

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adjective

variants also engrained

as in inherent

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inherent
• intrinsic
• constitutional
• constitutive
• innate
• internal
• integral
• ingrain
• inborn
• inbred
• essential
• inherited
• indigenous
• native
• hereditary
• inner
• hardwired
• distinctive
• natural
• immanent
• fundamental
• basic
• congenital
• built-in
• in one's blood
• elemental
• deep-rooted
• characteristic
• habitual
• peculiar
• interior
• typical
• normal
• inveterate
• inmost
• regular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• foreign
• extraneous
• extrinsic
• alien
• adventitious
• accidental
• incidental
• surface
• superficial
• coincidental
• acquired
• external
• exterior
• adscititious

ingrained

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verb

variants also engrained

past tense of ingrain

1

as in inculcated

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

• inculcated
• imbued
• suffused
• steeped
• infused
• inoculated
• filled
• charged
• invested
• instilled
• indued
• planted
• permeated
• endued
• animated
• saturated
• enlivened
• invigorated
• implanted
• pervaded
• leavened
• flooded
• impregnated
• overwhelmed
• inundated
• submerged
• deluged
• drowned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprived
• stripped
• divested
• emptied
• removed
• cleared
• eliminated
• took (away)
• stript

2

as in etched

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

• etched
• engraved
• imprinted
• branded
• impressed
• instilled
• inculcated
• imbued
• infixed
• fixed
• implanted
• infused
• stamped
• set
• enrooted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• erased
• obliterated
• expunged
• blotted out

3

as in rooted

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

tried to ingrain traditional values in their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rooted
• embedded
• entrenched
• imbedded
• intrenched
• established
• implanted
• impacted
• lodged
• bedded
• instilled
• put
• placed
• enrooted
• fixed
• imbued
• infused
• beat (into)
• drove (into)
• stuck
• settled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminated
• rooted (out)
• dislodged
• eradicated
• uprooted
• removed
• ejected
• expelled
• disconnected
• detached
• disengaged