- Firmly established; deep-seated: ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime.
- Worked deeply into the texture or fiber: a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.
Dictionary:
in·grained (ĭn-grānd') ![]() |
| Thesaurus: ingrained |
adjective
| Antonyms: ingrained |
Definition: deep-rooted
Antonyms: superficial, surface
| Word Tutor: ingrained |
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue....
— Margot Asquith (1864-1945), British socialite.
| WordNet: ingrained |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
Synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, planted
| Bodywork (in medicine) | |
| deep-seated | |
| grime |
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