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ingrained

adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,325 of 15,258neutral

Ingrained means fixed so deeply that it cannot be removed. Ingrained habits, ingrained dirt, deeply ingrained.

It works for dirt in a floor and for attitudes in an institution, and the point in both is that surface treatment will not touch it. The grain in it is the fibre of wood or cloth, so ingrained means down in the fibre.

Definitions of ingrained

  1. 1adjectiveingrainedFixed so deeply that it cannot be removed.C1

    “The habit of biting his nails was so ingrained that he did it without noticing.”

ingrained is a quality.

Where it comes from

From ingrain + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

ingrained in the wild

  • Glutinous rice is ingrained in the culture, religious tradition and national identity of Laos.

    Asian cuisine

  • The ethnic communities, Lepcha, Limbu, Bhutia, Kiratis and Nepalis constitute the music which is an ingrained part of Sikkimese culture.

    Music of Sikkim

  • Drug use appears to be ingrained in the culture of Acid Trance and other genres that derive from acid.

    Acid trance

  • Unlike the cantons, which have remained unchanged since their creation, the identity of the communes has not become ingrained within the geographical sensations of the average Luxembourger.

    Communes of Luxembourg

  • With time, however, it has become an "ingrained part of Dartmouth culture".

    Keggy the Keg

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.