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ingrained

[ in-greynd, in-greynd ]

adjective

  1. firmly fixed; deep-rooted; inveterate:

    ingrained superstition.

  2. wrought into or through the grain or fiber.


ingrained

/ ɪnˈɡreɪnd; ɪnˈɡreɪnɪdlɪ /

adjective

  1. deeply impressed or instilled

    his fears are deeply ingrained

  2. prenominal complete or inveterate; utter

    an ingrained fool

  3. (esp of dirt) worked into or through the fibre, grain, pores, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ingrainedly, adverb
  • inˈgrainedness, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·grain·ed·ly [in-, grey, -nid-lee, -, greynd, -], adverb
  • in·grained·ness noun
  • unin·grained adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrained1

First recorded in 1590–1600; ingrain + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

These are palpable, identifiable matters that are ingrained into the very fabric of The Babadook.

These studies only speak to one of our ingrained mental habits that make us particularly susceptible to religious belief.

Polling is ingrained in American politics, but it does not come without its problems.

For a millennium—from the 10th to 20th centuries—the practice flourished on and off, deeply ingrained in Chinese society.

This was before any knowledge of safer sex was ingrained in the culture.

On these occasions he was wrapped in an old blanket ingrained with snuff.

Only the plainsman's ingrained horror of throwing away a chance held them, shivering pitiably, to their places.

And as these were fast or durable colours we have such phrases as ‘to dye in grain,’ ‘a rogue in grain,’ ‘an ingrained habit.’

Perhaps it is no better than an ingrained and superstitious habit.

The chieftain's self-confidence was so ingrained and deeply set that he could not doubt his own triumph.

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