Thesaurus
ingrain
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of INGRAIN
1
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle <the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession>
Synonyms endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse
2
to produce a vivid impression of <the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory>
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Variants of INGRAIN
ingrain also engrain
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