Foreign and Ingrained

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Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

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Ingrained is an antonym for foreign.

Nearby Word: foreigner

Ingrained adjective - Being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing.

Usage example: her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority

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Foreign is an antonym for ingrained.

Nearby Word: ingrain

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Ingrained and Foreign. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/foreign/ingrained

Foreign & Ingrained. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/foreign/ingrained>.

Ingrained or Foreign. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/foreign/ingrained.

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