Chronic

/ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
2. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
4. Inveterate or habitual.
5. (slang) Very bad, awful.
6. (informal) Extremely serious.
7. (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
8. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.

Example Sentences

chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life

Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chronic.

It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

Chronic mismanagement in the dugout and in the boardroom has meant the scale of the job now is as big as it has ever been.

These concerns were shared by other SNP women who told the Guardian there was a chronic lack of support from the party, including for those with younger families.

chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness

So dreadful was the concentration of his glare that it seemed as if it must become chronic and stay like that for ever.

In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.

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Word Forms

• more chronic
• most chronic
• chronick
• chronics

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