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inveterate
[in-vet-er-it]
adjective
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like.
an inveterate gambler.
Synonyms: , ,firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.
Synonyms: , ,
inveterate
/ ɪˈɛəɪ /
adjective
long established, esp so as to be deep-rooted or ingrained
an inveterate feeling of hostility
(prenominal) settled or confirmed in a habit or practice, esp a bad one; hardened
an inveterate smoker
obsoletefull of hatred; hostile
Other 51Թ Forms
- inveterately adverb
- inveterateness noun
- ˈٱٱ adverb
- ˈٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inveterate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inveterate1
Example Sentences
The president is having a mental breakdown in “Symphony of Rats,” a 1988 fever dream by the inveterate theatrical bad boy Richard Foreman.
Trump is an inveterate liar about his fortune.
An inveterate fern fanatic, Steffen highly recommends their form and soft texture for the romantic garden.
An inveterate fabulist who remains terrified of his father, Casimir seems to have invented the wife and three children whom the family has never met.
The role of Celie, however, remains consistent — one of inveterate trauma, stretched over decades of abuse by first her stepfather, then her husband, until she manufactures the strength to stand on her own.
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