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inured

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ɪˈnjʊɹd/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N Y UH1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • By now she is inured to their inanities.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acclimated

Antonyms: uninured, unadjusted

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of inure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

made tough by habitual exposure- Robert Lynd- V.S.Pritchett

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hardened fishermen
  • a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured
  • our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enured, hardened

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.