ingrown

/'ingroun/

Thân thiện

The man carefully trims his ingrown toenail.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Growing abnormally into the flesh: Describes something, typically a toenail or fingernail, that has grown into the surrounding skin instead of growing outward normally.
   • Innate or inherent: Describes a quality, habit, or feeling that is deeply and firmly established within a person or thing, as if from birth or internal growth.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Physical Abnormality):
  • He was in pain from an ingrown toenail.
  • The doctor treated the ingrown hair that was causing irritation.
• Adjective (Innate Quality):
  • Her ingrown modesty made her avoid the spotlight.
  • The company struggled with its ingrown resistance to change.

Advanced Usage

• "Ingrown" to describe social or psychological traits:
  • His ingrown pessimism colored his view of every new opportunity. (His deeply rooted pessimism...)
• Used to imply something is inwardly focused or self-contained, sometimes to a fault.
  • The department had become ingrown, rarely seeking outside perspectives.

Variants and Related Words

• Ingrowing (adj): An alternative form with the same meaning, often used interchangeably with "ingrown," particularly in British English.
  • She suffered from an ingrowing toenail.
• Ingrowth (n): The process or an instance of growing inward.
  • The ingrowth of the nail caused significant discomfort.

Synonyms

• Embedded: Fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.
• Inherent: Existing as a permanent, essential characteristic.
• Innate: Inborn; natural.

Related Phrases

• Ingrown toenail (n): The most common specific condition described by this adjective.
  • Soaking your foot can help relieve the pain of an ingrown toenail.
• Ingrown hair (n): A hair that has curled back and grown into the skin.
  • Shaving can sometimes cause ingrown hairs.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. growing abnormally into the flesh
   • an ingrown toenail

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ingrowing