incurable
adjective [usually before noun] (PERSONALITY) /ɪnˈkjʊə.rə.bl̩/
/-ˈkjʊr.ə-/ Definition
› describes someone whose personality type does not change or cannot be changed: an incurable romantic/optimist/pessimistNot able to be changedKeeping and staying the same incurably /-bli/ adverb › She was told that she was incurably ill. He's incurably cheerful.Disease and illness - general words
(Definition of incurable adjective (PERSONALITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital adjective
- continuity noun
- finally adverb (CERTAINLY)
- firm verb (STOP CHANGING)
- fixed adjective (ARRANGED)
- fixity noun
- hard line noun
- inflexible adjective
- ingrained adjective (BELIEFS)
- institutionalized racism noun
- irredeemable adjective
- irreducible adjective
- irrevocable adjective
- Rubicon noun
- stasis noun
- stuck adjective
- uncompromising adjective
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Not able to be changed
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