Words Like INGRAIN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to INGRAIN.

11 Alternative Words Similar to ingrain

1 Grain Verb      Synonym Words Like Grain
2 Impress Verb      Synonym Words Like Impress
3 Instill Verb      Synonym Words Like Instill
4 Affect Verb      Synonym Words Like Affect
5 Move Verb      Synonym Words Like Move
6 Penetrate Verb      Synonym Words Like Penetrate
7 Perforate Verb      Synonym Words Like Perforate
8 Strike Verb      Synonym Words Like Strike
9 Stain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Stain
10 Saturate Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Saturate
11 Imbue Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Imbue

10 definitions of ingrain

1 of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine.
2 Dyed with grain, or kermes.
3 Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
4 An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
5 To dye with or in grain or kermes.
6 To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
7 To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
8 thoroughly work in
9 produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
10 To fix deeply or indelibly, as in the mind: "A system that had been ingrained for generations could not be easily undone by change from the top” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin).
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