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inveterateadjective firmly established over timehe has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales bred-in-the-bone, confirmed, deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched(also intrenched), hard-core, 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 being such by habit and not likely to changethe man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth bred-in-the-bone, chronic, confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool, habitual 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 the 15th century |