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ingrained

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"

ingrained engrained
Translations
ingrained [ˈɪnˈgreɪnd] ADJ
1. [dirt, blood, stain] → incrustado
2. (fig) (= deep-seated) [attitude, ideas, habit, tradition] → arraigado
to be deeply ingrained in sbestar 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) habitfest, eingefleischt; prejudicetief verwurzelt or eingewurzelt; belieffest verankert, unerschütterlich; to be (deeply) ingrainedfest verwurzelt sein
dirttief eingedrungen, tief sitzend (attr); the dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpetder Schmutz hatte sich tief im Teppich festgesetzt; hands ingrained with dirtHände, 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
ingrained [ˈɪnˈgreɪnd] adj (dirt) → incrostato/a (fig) (ideas, tradition) → radicato/a; (habit, prejudice) → inveterato/a


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The idea of absolute financial probity as the first law of a gentleman's code was too deeply ingrained in him for sentimental considerations to weaken it.
It was from Akut--a sudden, low growl, no louder than those he had been giving vent to the while he pranced about the dead bull, nor half so loud in fact; but of a timbre that bore straight to the perceptive faculties of the jungle beast ingrained in Korak.
She was repelled by those lacerated hands, grimed by toil so that the very dirt of life was ingrained in the flesh itself, by that red chafe of the collar and those bulging muscles.
 
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