ingrained

in·grained  (n-grnd)

adj.

1. Firmly established; 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, engrained [ɪnˈgreɪnd]

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 [ɪnˈgreɪnɪdlɪ] adv

ingrainedness , engrainedness 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.

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.

Translations

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

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

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

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