Inveterate - English meaning

Inveterate – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
Usage examples:
An inveterate gambler
Synonims:
Ingrained Deep-seated Deep-rooted Deep-set Entrenched Established Long-established Congenital Ineradicable Incurable Irredeemable

adjective
Done as a habit and not likely to change
Usage examples:
An inveterate liar

Inveterate translation into English

Inveterate: translate from English into Chinese

根深蒂固, 铁杆儿

Inveterate: translate from English into Dutch

Verstokt, Onverbeterlijk, Ingeworteld, Ingekankerd, Aarts-

Inveterate: translate from English into French

Invétéré, Irréductible, Opiniâtre, Enraciné

Inveterate: translate from English into German

Eingefleischt, Hartnäckig, Unverbesserlich, Tief verwurzelt, Unversöhnlich, Arg, Abgrundtief

Inveterate: translate from English into Hindi

कट्टर, पक्का, जिद्दी, हठी, गहरा, दिनी, पुराना

Inveterate: translate from English into Italian

Inveterato, Incallito

Inveterate: translate from English into Korean

뿌리 깊은

Inveterate: translate from English into Russian

Заядлый, Завзятый, Отпетый, Застарелый, Закоснелый, Глубоко вкоренившийся

Inveterate: translate from English into Spanish

Empedernido, Inveterado, Hecho

Word origin

late Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).

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Inveterate synonims

congenital

adjective
(of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.
Usage examples:
A congenital malformation of the heart

adjective
Existing at or from birth
Usage examples:
A congenital defect

Congenital - all meanings in English

deep-rooted

adjective
Strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of
Usage examples:
A deep-seated faith in god

Deep-rooted - all meanings in English

deep-seated

adjective
Strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of
Usage examples:
A deep-seated faith in god

Deep-seated - all meanings in English

deep-set

adjective
Deep-set eyes are far back in the bones of the face.

Deep-set - all meanings in English

entrenched

adjective
(of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.
Usage examples:
An entrenched resistance to change

verb
Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
Usage examples:
Ageism is entrenched in our society

adjective
Established firmly so that it cannot be changed
Usage examples:
An entrenched bureaucracy stalled gorbachev’s efforts to modernize soviet society.

Entrenched - all meanings in English

established

adjective
Having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Usage examples:
The ceremony was an established event in the annual calendar

verb
Set up on a firm or permanent basis.
Usage examples:
The scheme was established in 1975

adjective
Generally accepted or familiar, esp. because of having a long history
Usage examples:
An established procedure

Established - all meanings in English

incurable

adjective
(of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.
Usage examples:
Even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable

noun
A person who cannot be cured.
Usage examples:
The hospital - which has more than 2,000 fundraisers - was first opened as a cancer pavilion and ho…

adjective
Not able to be cured
Usage examples:
Before antibiotics the disease was incurable., marjorie is an incurable optimist.

Incurable - all meanings in English

ineradicable

adjective
Unable to be destroyed or removed.
Usage examples:
Ineradicable hostility

adjective
Not able to be removed
Usage examples:
Some experiences in early life have ineradicable effects.

Ineradicable - all meanings in English

ingrained

adjective
(of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.
Usage examples:
His deeply ingrained catholic convictions

verb
Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.
Usage examples:
They trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes

adjective
(of beliefs, attitudes, or habits) so established that they are difficult to change
Usage examples:
Saying “thank you” became such a deeply ingrained habit that he never forgot to do it.

Ingrained - all meanings in English

irredeemable

adjective
Not able to be saved, improved, or corrected.
Usage examples:
So many irredeemable mistakes have been made

adjective
Impossible to correct, improve, or change
Usage examples:
An irredeemable letter cannot be cancelled., they may be irredeemable, so that although they can be…

Irredeemable - all meanings in English

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