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Synonyms for inured

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-yoo r, ih-noo r
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈyʊər, ɪˈnʊər

Définition of inured

Origin :
  • early 15c., in ure "in practice," from obsolete ure "work, practice, exercise, use," probably from Old French uevre, oeuvre "work," from Latin opera (see opus). Related: Inured; inuring.
  • verb accustom
Example sentences :
  • Inured as I had been by circumstances to bad smells, this conquered me.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • He looked at us with the patience of one inured to bourgeois comment.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • All were in middle life, strong, rugged, and inured to hardship.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
  • You have suffered so much before that your soul must now be inured to misfortune.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
  • From early youth I was inured to a certain degree of painfulness in the lesson.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
  • The men of the Service were inured to the idea of the sacrifice of blood for the dams.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • The blood-stained soil of Valley Forge had inured him to hardships to which others would have yielded.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution » by Charles Hersey
  • As it was, he only replied that he was inured to fever and did not mind.
  • Extract from : « From Jungle to Java » by Arthur Keyser
  • The scenes are painted in much the same manner as that to which we are accustomed and inured.
  • Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten
  • And in any case, what a state of mind it is—to be inured to danger!
  • Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

Antonyms for inured

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