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(Entry 1 of 2)
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
- her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority
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ingrained
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past tense of ingrain
Synonyms & Antonyms of ingrained (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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
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- endued
- (or indued),
- imbued,
- inculcated,
- infused,
- inoculated,
- invested,
- steeped,
- suffused
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2
to produce a vivid impression of
- the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory
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3
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
- tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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The first known use of ingrained was in 1599
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