chronic
27
5.4
- adjective
- /ˈkrɒnɪk/
:
crónico
- She struggled with chronic procrastination, making it hard to complete her assignments on time.
- chronic procrastination
- chronic offenders
- chronic behavior
And we live with this sort of chronic sense of being bad.
- And we live with this sort of chronic sense of being bad.
- Narcissists live in chronic fear of being found out.
- Life is kind of being wedded to this chronic dissatisfaction.
- It is exhausting to live in chronic disappointment.
- He had a patient who was a chronic drinker.
- There's a real, there's a real, like, chronic lack of empathy in our culture.
- But internally, there's this chronic state of discontent.
- I might have a chronic obsession with Target and throw pillows.
- But I, I just, I, I could never, I was a chronic relapser.
- We had my mum and dad were chronic Alcoholics, both both.
- I'm not aware of positive cognitive effects of of acute intoxication or chronic use of marijuana.
- I, I grew up with a parent who is a, is a chronic warrior.
Examples
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Not with my chronic lack of self-confidence.
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So many people have chronic cravings for junk food.
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And we live with this sort of chronic sense of being bad.
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Allowing it to be chronic is a choice.
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The sympathetic nervous system can lead to chronic pain.
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I, I grew up with a parent who is a, is a chronic warrior.
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Lack of discipline is a chronic problem that teachers face in the classroom.
Academic text (2000) -
He had a patient who was a chronic drinker.
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African Americans living in poverty are at great risk of chronic poverty and its long-term multiple consequences.
Academic text (2008) -
It is exhausting to live in chronic disappointment.
Synonyms
131
5.1
Keeps going without stopping and stays very strong
82
4.9
Lasting for a long time and not stopping easily
28
4.0
Happens often in the same way
21
5.3
Continuing for a long time and often returning
5
8.4
Having a long habit of doing something that is hard to change
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.0
A contagious disease that affects deer and elk, causing slow weight loss and strange behavior
- Specialized
1
3.4
Long-lasting swelling in the airways that causes a cough with lots of mucus
- Specialized
1
4.4
A long-term lung disease that makes breathing difficult and often comes from smoking
- Specialized
1
4.2
A slow cancer of the white blood cells that starts in the bone marrow and is common in older adults
- Specialized
1
4.1
A long-term condition in which the kidneys slowly stop working well
- Specialized
A long-lasting skin problem with thick, itchy patches and deep skin lines from scratching
- Specialized
A long-lasting swelling or irritation of the stomach lining that causes pain
- Specialized
A long-lasting swelling and sore feeling of the tongue that can make it look smooth
- Specialized
Long-term loss of kidney function that makes waste build up in the body
- Specialized
A long-lasting cancer of the blood cells that gets worse slowly over years
- Specialized
A long-lasting blood cancer that makes too many white blood cells, often in older people
- Specialized
A long-lasting kidney infection that can cause serious kidney damage
How Habitual
Surface Forms
Morphology
chronic = chron (opaque) = chron + ic
The morphological parts are not recognizable as independent English words for typical learners, so the sense 'long-standing habit' cannot be derived from the components alone.
Etymology
Chronic comes from the Greek root chron-, from chronos, meaning 'time', like in chronological. So a chronic liar or worrier is someone whose bad habit goes on for a long time and is hard to change.