incurable

Examples

• All

• An incurable romantic, Mrs. Bond.

  Live and Let Die (1973)

• She's an incurable romantic.

  Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

• One of those incurable cases.

  When Worlds Collide (1951)

• The trouble is, darling, I'm an incurable romantic.

  Being Julia (2004)

• Shyness isn't incurable, you know.

  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)

• This man is incurable.

  Legionnaire (1998)

• Being an incurable romantic, I have always longed for true love.

  Fiction book (1998)

• You're an incurable romantic.

  The Old Guard (2020)

• He is an incurable optimist, always believing that everything will turn out well.

• Despite numerous attempts to change, she remained an incurable daydreamer, lost in her fantasies.

Synonyms

I

intractable

vsincurable

22 8.7

Hard to manage, change, or control

focuses on permanent character or habit rather than general manageability

I

incorrigible

vsincurable

15 8.1

Impossible to change or correct, often about someone's behavior

is about fixed character or habits rather than failed reform attempts

I

inexorable

vsincurable

• Formal

11 8.6

Impossible to stop or change

describes unchangeable personal qualities rather than unstoppable forces

U

unchangeable

vsincurable

5 4.0

You cannot make it different

applies to permanent personal qualities rather than general states

I

irredeemable

vsincurable

2 8.2

Not able to be changed for the better

emphasizes fixed character or habit rather than moral hopelessness

U

unalterable

vsincurable

2 6.4

Impossible to change

focuses on fixed character or habit rather than general immutability

I

ineradicable

vsincurable

1 8.8

Not possible to remove completely

refers to unchangeable character or habit rather than physical eradication

U

uncorrectable

vsincurable

1 7.9

Not able to be fixed or controlled

focuses specifically on unalterable character or habitual traits instead

I

irremediable

vsincurable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

applies to permanent character or habit rather than general conditions

I

inalterable

vsincurable

1 7.4

Not able to be changed later

relates specifically to permanent personal traits rather than general unchangeability

N

nonremedial

vsincurable

8.9

Cannot be fixed

refers specifically to unchangeable character or habitual traits instead

U

unmodifiable

vsincurable

7.1

No one can change it

is about unalterable personal qualities rather than formal modification

I

incommutable

vsincurable

9.9

Not able to be changed or replaced

is about unchangeable character or habit rather than technical replacement

U

unbudgeable

vsincurable

• Informal

8.4

Impossible to move or change

refers to fixed character or habit rather than physical immobility

U

unswayable

vsincurable

8.7

A person who does not change their opinion when others try to persuade them

is about unalterable habits or character rather than mere stubborn opinion

I

inextirpable

vsincurable

9.9

Too hard to get rid of completely, like deep roots that keep growing

is about unalterable habits rather than something that must be rooted out

Compounds

I

incurable condition

1 5.5

A health problem doctors cannot make go away

How Changeable

stubborn

217 2.9

incurable

7 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology