Replacing deeply ingrained habits is not easy.
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Ingrained
Synonyms for "ingrained" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
indelibleindelibly impressedindwellingineradicableinfixedingrainingrowninheritedinnateinnerinstilledinstinctiveinternalintimateintrinsicinveterateinwardinwroughtirreducibleirreversible
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- juurtunut adj (fixed, established)
- syvään juurtunut adj (fixed, established)
- syöpynyt adj (fixed, established)
Portuguese
2 entries- enraizado adj (fixed, established)
- inato adj (in the essence of a thing; being an element)
Spanish
2 entries- arraigado adj (fixed, established)
- enraizado adj (fixed, established)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
With the face mask culture ingrained into Asian culture, not much has changed in Asia other than a visible increase of people wearing face masks in public because of COVID-19.
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Rigorous controls also exist for turkey production at Butterball Turkey LLC, which says the regulations are ingrained in how they produce food.
Source: tatoeba (9380699)
To what extent is Halloween ingrained into Australian culture?
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