ingrained

in·grained

 (ĭn-grānd′)

adj.

1. Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated: ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime.

2. Worked deeply into the texture or fiber: a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.

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ingrained

(ɪnˈɡreɪnd) or

engrained

adj

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

ingrainedly, engrainedly adv

inˈgrainedness, enˈgrainedness n

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in•grained

(ɪnˈgreɪnd, ˈɪnˌgreɪnd)

also engrained

adj.

1. firmly fixed; deep-rooted; inveterate: ingrained superstition.

2. wrought into or through the grain or fiber.

[1590–1600]

in•grain•ed•ly (ɪnˈgreɪ nɪd li, -ˈgreɪnd-) adv.

in•grain′ed•ness, n.

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ingrain, ingrained - Ingrain literally means "work into the grain" (originally, of fabric), and ingrained is metaphorically "deep-seated."

See also related terms for metaphor.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ingrained - (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need" deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, planted constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"

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ingrained

engrained

adjective fixed, rooted, deep-seated, fundamental, constitutional, inherent, hereditary, in the blood, intrinsic, deep-rooted, indelible, inveterate, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, ineradicable, brassbound Morals tend to be deeply ingrained.

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ingrained

adjective

1. Firmly established by long standing:

confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, inveterate, irradicable, set, settled.

2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual:

built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural.

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Translations

fissatopregiudizio radicatoradicato

ingrained

[ˈɪnˈgreɪnd] ADJ

1. [dirt, blood, stain] → incrustado

2. (fig) (= deep-seated) [attitude, ideas, habit, tradition] → arraigado
to be deeply ingrained in sb → estar profundamente arraigado en algn

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ingrained

[ɪnˈgreɪnd] adj [habit] → enraciné(e); [attitude, prejudice] → enraciné(e)
deeply ingrained → profondément enraciné(e)
deeply ingrained family loyalty → une loyauté familiale profondément enracinée
to be ingrained in sb → être enraciné(e) dans qn
to be ingrained in society → être enraciné(e) dans la société

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ingrained

adj

(fig) habit → fest, eingefleischt; prejudice → tief verwurzelt or eingewurzelt; belief → fest verankert, unerschütterlich; to be (deeply) ingrained → fest verwurzelt sein

dirt → tief eingedrungen, tief sitzend (attr); the dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet → der Schmutz hatte sich tief im Teppich festgesetzt; hands ingrained with dirt → Hände, bei denen sich der Schmutz in den Poren festgesetzt hat

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ingrained

[ˈɪnˈgreɪnd] adj (dirt) → incrostato/a (fig) (ideas, tradition) → radicato/a; (habit, prejudice) → inveterato/a

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