English

Adjective

ingrained ‎(comparative more ingrained, superlative most ingrained)

1. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):

     But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.

2. Fixed, established

Synonyms

1. inherent

Translations

Verb

ingrained

1. simple past tense and past participle of ingrain

Anagrams

• deraining