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ingrained

adjective

variants: also engrained

Synonyms and Antonyms of ingrained

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

her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority

Synonyms of ingrained

built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, inherent, innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural

Words Related to ingrained

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with ingrained

in one's blood

Near Antonyms of ingrained

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of ingrained

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

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