inured
Meaning of inured
- accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
these children have been inured to violence
- variant spelling of enure (sense 1).
late Middle English inure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning ‘in use or practice’, from en ‘in’ + Old French euvre ‘work’ (from Latin opera ).
Information about inured
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of inured
in-ured
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- inured is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
inured synonyms
Meaning enured:
Meaning make or become more severe and less sympathetic:
Meaning make or become stronger or more resilient:
Meaning add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food):
Meaning improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it:
Meaning train or accustom to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances:
Meaning make someone or something accept (something) as normal or usual:
Meaning make or become accustomed or used to something:
Meaning give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something:
Meaning become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions; adjust:
Meaning alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result:
Meaning make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify:
Meaning make receptive or aware:
Meaning make less sensitive:
Meaning deprive of positive human qualities:
Meaning make (someone) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence:
Meaning harden:
inured antonyms
Meaning cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive:
Anagrams of inured
diurne, indure, ruined, unride, urined
Words that rhyme with inured
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