'Ingrained' definitions:
Definition of 'ingrained'
From: WordNet
adjective
(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" [syn: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted]
Definition of 'Ingrained'
From: GCIDE
- Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To dye with or in grain or kermes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. [1913 Webster]
- Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. --Helps. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ingrained'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- basic,
- chronic,
- colorfast,
- confirmed,
- congenital,
- constant,
- constitutional,
- deep-dyed,
- deep-engraven,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-grounded,
- deep-laid,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- double-dyed,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- embedded,
- embossed,
- engrafted,
- engraved,
- entrenched,
- esoteric,
- essential,
- established,
- etched,
- fadeless,
- fast,
- firmly established,
- fixed,
- fundamental,
- graven,
- hereditary,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- impressed,
- imprinted,
- inalienable,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incorrigible,
- inculcated,
- indelible,
- indelibly impressed,
- indwelling,
- infixed,
- ingrain,
- ingrown,
- inherent,
- inherited,
- innate,
- inner,
- instilled,
- internal,
- intrinsic,
- inveterate,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- irreversible,
- long-established,
- native,
- natural,
- old-line,
- on a rock,
- on bedrock,
- organic,
- private,
- resident,
- rooted,
- secret,
- set,
- settled,
- settled in habit,
- stabilized,
- subjective,
- thorough,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- unfading,
- unquestionable,
- vested,
- well-established,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-set,
- well-settled