Meaning of inveterate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.
2. Inveterate, deep-rooted.
3. Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time.
4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful.

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, indelible, radicated, chronic, permanent”

“an inveterate disease”

“an inveterate habit”

“a Heaven's radiance of justice, prophetic, clearly of Heaven, discernible behind all these confused worldwide entanglements, of Landlord interests, Manufacturing interests, Tory-Whig interests, and who knows what other interests, expediencies, vested interests, established possessions, inveterate Dilettantisms, Midas-eared Mammonism.”

“In Montpelier, where this prison stands, the inveterate prejudice against prisoners has been swept away.”

“Near-synonyms: hardened, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool”

“an inveterate idler;   an inveterate gambler;   an inveterate smoker”

“an inveterate traveller”

“"Say⟳ no more," interrupted Henrietta: "the very mention⟳ of that inveterate gossip accounts for every thing. Do let⟳ me, my dear Mrs. Courtenaye," and she took her hand with a kindness that was irresistible, "let⟳ me warn⟳ you against allowing your happiness to be the sport of a woman like⟳ that;...”

“[S]he offered kisses to a stranger so confidingly that the most inveterate bachelor relented.”

“Like⟳ many lonely people, he was an inveterate hoarder, making and surrounding himself with objects, barriers against the demands of human intimacy.”

“A man of mild manners can form⟳ no idea of inveterate revenge or cruelty[…]”

“1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate.”

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