ingrained

Adj.

1.

ingrained - (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need" Synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, planted

basic, chronic, colorfast, confirmed, congenital, constant, constitutional, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, double-dyed, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, esoteric, essential, established, etched, fadeless, fast, firmly established, fixed, fundamental, graven, hereditary, immanent, implanted, implicit, impressed, imprinted, inalienable, inborn, inbred, incorrigible, inculcated, indelible, indelibly impressed, indwelling, infixed, ingrain, ingrown, inherent, inherited, innate, inner, instilled, internal, intrinsic, inveterate, inward, inwrought, irreducible, irreversible, long-established, native, natural, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, organic, private, resident, rooted, secret, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized, subjective, thorough, unalienable, unchallengeable, unfading, unquestionable, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled