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chronicadjective being such by habit and not likely to changea chronic smoker who has quit—many, many times bred-in-the-bone, confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool, habitual, inveterate incorrigible, unreconstructed, unregenerateborn, naturalpersistent, regular, repeat, serial, steady, unchanging, unfailingaddictedaccustomed, habituated, used, wonteddeep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched(also intrenched), inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsicapt, inclined, pronemulish, obstinate, set, stubborn unaccustomed, unusedintermittent, occasional inveterate, confirmed, chronic mean firmly established.inveterate applies to a habit, attitude, or feeling of such long existence as to be practically ineradicable or unalterable.an inveterate smoker confirmed implies a growing stronger and firmer with time so as to resist change or reform.a confirmed bachelor chronic suggests something that is persistent or endlessly recurrent and troublesome.a chronic complainer in 1601 |