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confirmedadjective being such by habit and not likely to changea confirmed grouch who never seems to smile bred-in-the-bone, chronic, 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 firmly established over timea confirmed tendency to exaggerate about everything bred-in-the-bone, deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched(also intrenched), hard-core, inveterate, rooted, settled firm, fixed, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, immutable, irradicable, set, unalterable, unchangeableembedded(also imbedded), implanted, inculcated, instilledinborn, inbred, ingrained(also engrained), inherent, innate, integral, intrinsic, naturalaccustomed, chronic, customary, habitual, regular, typical, usualabiding, enduring, lifelong, persistent, persisting brief, ephemeral, fleeting, impermanent, interim, momentary, provisional, short-lived, short-term, temporary, transient to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness ofseveral eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened argued, attested, authenticated, bore out, certified, corroborated, substantiated, supported, validated, verified, vindicated avouched, backed (up), testified (to), vouched (for), witnessedguaranteed, warrantedaffirmed, asserted, averred, avowed, declared, professeddemonstrated, documented, established, proved, reinforced(also reenforced) disproved, rebutted, refuted contradicted, gainsaiddenied, disavowed, disclaimedchallenged, contested, disputed, questioned to give official acceptance of as satisfactorythe senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship accredited, approbated, approved, authorized, cleared, finalized, formalized, homologated, OK'd(or okayed), ratified, sanctioned, warranted accepted, acknowledged, affirmedcertified, endorsed(also indorsed), validatedblessed(also blest), canonized, sanctifiedinitialed(or initialled), rubber-stamped, signed, signed off (on)allowed, enabled, legalized, licensed(also licenced), passed, permittedreapproved declined, denied, disallowed, disapproved, negatived, rejected, turned down, vetoed banned, enjoined, forbade(also forbad), illegalized, interdicted, prohibited, proscribeddisregarded, ignored, neglected, overlookedrebuffed, rebutted, refused, spurned adj.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 the 14th century |