accustomed
Syllables: ac·cus·tomed/əˈkʌs.təmd/
accustomed adjective: familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person). Also the simple past and past participle of accustom.
Adjective
accustomed (comparative more accustomed, superlative most accustomed)
- Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
- I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances.
- She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold.
- Synonyms:
- habituated, inured, used, wonted
- Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)
- It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 170
- Frequented by customers.
- There I got a place on the same terms as at Segovia, in a well accustomed shop, much frequented on account of the neighbourhood of the church of Santa Cruz, and the Prince’s theatre […]1778, Tobias Smollett (translator), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain-René Lesage, London: S. Crowder et al., Volume I, Chapter 7, p. 148
- The pompous hotel is a lone cottage of very mean appearance, on the road side, and I will be sworn, was but an ill-accustomed Inn, until those renowned Generals justly gave it a licence.1817, Seth William Stevenson), Journal of a Tour through Part of France, Flanders, and Holland, Norwich: for the author, Chapter 21, p. 283
Also used as
accustomed is also the simple past and past participle of accustom.
accustomed meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati and Sanskrit
accustomed in Malayalam
- ശീലിച്ചവർ
accustomed in Kannada
- ಒಗ್ಗಿಕೊಂಡವರು
accustomed in Gujarati
- ટેવાયેલા, ટેવાયેલી
accustomed in Sanskrit
- familiar
- उचित ucita
More languagesFewer languages
- accustomed in Indonesian
- terbiasa
- accustomed in Persian
- آشنا âšnâ
- accustomed in Thai
- ชิน chin, คุ้นเคย kún-kəəi
Examples of accustomed in a sentence
- I have not been accustomed to such language as this.”1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 14, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]...
- Young Overton’s face assumed the bothered look of the man who is more accustomed to using his muscles than his wits […]1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Missing Three-Quarter”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., published 1905...
- None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Chapter 2”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book I (The...
- Edward McNelley and featuring the accustomed assortment of vice officers, […]1983 April 30, Larry Goldsmith, “Yes, Loft Raided Again, Club Officers Charged”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
Synonyms of accustomed
Forms of accustomed
| comparative | more accustomed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most accustomed |
Origin of accustomed
From accustom + -ed.
Words formed from accustomed
Questions about accustomed
- What does accustomed mean?
- Accustomed means familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person).
- What is accustomed in Malayalam?
- Accustomed in Malayalam is ശീലിച്ചവർ. See Accustomed meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use accustomed in a sentence?
- I have not been accustomed to such language as this.”
- What part of speech is accustomed?
- Accustomed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accustomed?
- Accustomed is pronounced /əˈkʌs.təmd/.
Words near accustomed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: accustomed (page history and authors); accustomed (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accustomed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accustomed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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