ingrowing

I1N1G2R1O1W4I1N1G2

adjective

growing inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveingrowing (comparative more ingrowing, superlative most ingrowing)

comparative more ingrowing · superlative most ingrowing

  1. growing inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivegrowing abnormally into the flesh

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishgrowing
  7. Englishingrowing

From in- + growing.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Polish wrastający
  • wrastającyTranslations
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APA

ingrowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrowing

MLA

“ingrowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrowing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingrowing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrowing.

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