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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