become inured to something

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• inured — means ‘accustomed to something’ and that something is usually unpleasant. One can also become inured to a person: • It s clear that she s not inured to Walter at all Flak Mag., 2004. It is not a synonym for ‘immune’, and inure is not a synonym… …   Modern English usage

• inured — in|ured [ ı nurd ] adjective FORMAL so familiar with an unpleasant experience that you no longer become upset by it: be inured to something: We have become inured to the stinging insects here …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• inured — [[t]ɪnjʊ͟ə(r)d[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to n If you are inured to something unpleasant, you have become used to it so that it no longer affects you. [FORMAL] Doctors become inured to death …   English dictionary

• inured — UK [ɪˈnjʊə(r)d] / US [ɪˈnʊrd] adjective formal so familiar with an unpleasant experience that you no longer become upset by it be inured to something: We have become inured to the stinging insects here …   English dictionary

• habituate — habituate, accustom, addict, inure mean to make used to something. Habituate distinctively implies the formation of habit through repetition {by constant practice she habituated herself to accurate observation} {to habituate our selves, therefore …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• inure — in|ure [ıˈnjuə US ıˈnjur] v inure to [inure sb to sth] phr v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: ure usual practice (15 18 centuries), from Old French uevre work, practice , from Latin opera works ] to make someone become used to something unpleasant, so… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• inure — verb /ɪˈnjʊə,ɪˈnjɔː,ɪˈnjʊɹ/ a) To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate. To none of these evidences of a fearful tragedy of a long dead day did little Tarzan give but passing heed. His wild jungle life had inured him… …   Wiktionary

• inure — verb inure sb to sth phrasal verb (transitive usually passive) to make someone become used to something unpleasant, so that they are no longer upset by it: Nurses soon became inured to the sight of suffering …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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