INURED Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

inured 1 of 2

adjective

as in hardy

able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure the weather-beaten, inured faces of farmers

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inured

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verb

past tense of inure

as in strengthened

to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare

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Recent Examples of inured

Adjective

Since then, most people have become fairly inured to such a risk. — Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 Humans are cursed to become inured to anything that persists long enough, and even the staggering beauty of a total solar eclipse may begin to fade after, say, an hour. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026 News of Nataliia’s death spread quickly across Ukraine, a nation that is, by now, mostly inured to the nightly tick of deaths. — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Kenneth Ahn, president of Broad Arrow, said the wealthy today seem to have become inured to the chaotic headlines and market gyrations. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026 Americans—especially journalists—should resist becoming inured to fascist rhetoric. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026 The danger in conflating different stories into a data breach that never was is that users become inured to the real advice. — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Erudite cynics like Karl Rove have written that gerrymandering has been around as long as there have been politicians and districts and that public officials invariably become inured to their own hypocrisy. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025

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That could be because New Yorkers are inured to the perpetually temporary structures anyway or because the new designs, despite the day-care-center colors, do a good job of being inconspicuous. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026 Police initially said there were 10 people inured in the shooting and later revised the number. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 After finishing third in the short program, Liu rose to the top of the medal podium while skating freely, ebulliently, inured to any pressure, performing with technical precision and bright artistry. — Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 The pain is felt on both sides, although the Kremlin appears to be inured to it. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inured

Adjective

The rootstock is usually hardier or more disease-resistant than the scion.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Tropical hibiscus cultivars have a lower success rate than hardy hibiscus varieties, so take multiple cuttings to increase your chances.

— Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of hardy

Verb

Nashville strengthened its push for the Supporters’ Shield and extended its lead to 5 points over Inter Miami on a night Lionel Messi again failed to convert a penalty.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
California in 2015 enacted a law that strengthened vaccine requirements for schoolchildren.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of strengthened

Adjective

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon or sturdy spatula until a shaggy dough forms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Stidham with a sturdy opening act There may not have been another Broncos player who was more eager to get on the field Friday night than Stidham.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of sturdy

Verb

Notably, Shaun has been hardened and disenfranchised by the bureaucracy of law enforcement.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of hardened

Adjective

For instance, try balancing out the rugged look with feminine shorts like the LyreBird Silken Lace-Trim Shorts.

— Tessa Petak, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
Summary The 2026 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro emerges as a powerful, rugged, and handsome truck, despite its premium price and massive size.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of rugged

Adjective

With men on first and third and nobody out that inning, second baseman Jackson Holliday fielded a tough grounder and threw to second, but shortstop Gunnar Henderson dropped the ball for an error and everyone was safe.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
As for footwear sales in the region, the second quarter saw a slowdown of sales of high-heat product, alongside tougher comparatives and ongoing softness in end-of-cycle footwear product lines.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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