Inveterate
11inveterate — [[t]ɪnve̱tərət[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. Anderson has a reputation as an inveterate gambler …
12inveterate — adjective (only before noun) 1 inveterate liar/smoker/womanizer etc someone who smokes a lot, lies a lot etc and cannot stop: a voracious reader and inveterate talker 2 inveterate fondness/distrust/hatred etc an attitude or feeling that you have… …
13inveterate — adjective 1) an inveterate gambler Syn: confirmed, hardened, incorrigible, addicted, habitual, compulsive, obsessive; informal pathological, chronic 2) an inveterate liberal Syn: staunch, steadfast, committed …
14inveterate — Long seated; firmly established; said of a disease or of confirmed habits. [L. in vetero, pp. atus, to render old, fr. vetus, old] * * * in·vet·er·ate in vet ə rət, ve trət adj 1) marked by long duration or frequent recurrence <inveterate… …
15inveterate — in|vet|e|rate [ınˈvetərıt] adj [only before noun] written [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of inveterare to get old , from vetus old ] 1.) inveterate liar/smoker/womanizer etc someone who lies a lot, smokes a lot etc and… …
16inveterate — inveterately, adv. inveterateness, n. /in vet euhr it/, adj. 1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.;… …
17inveterate — adj. Inveterate is used with these nouns: ↑gambler, ↑traveller …
18inveterate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. habitual, hardened; fixed, set. See habit, resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingrained, confirmed, deep rooted; see chronic , habitual 1 , permanent 2 . See Synonym Study at chronic . III… …
19inveterate — in|vet|er|ate [ ın vetərət ] adjective only before noun always doing a particular thing, especially something bad, and unlikely to change: an inveterate liar/gambler/critic …
20inveterate — [ɪn vɛt(ə)rət] adjective having a long standing and firmly established habit or activity: he was an inveterate gambler. ↘(of a feeling or habit) firmly established. Derivatives inveteracy noun inveterately adverb Origin ME (referring to disease,… …
