inveterate
adjective /ɪnˈvet.ər.ət/
/-ˈvet̬.ɚ-/ usually disapprovingDefinition
an inveterate liar, gambler, etc. › someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it: I never trust anything he says - the man's an inveterate liar.Habitual and customary
(Definition of inveterate adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accustomed adjective
- all in a day's work idiom
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- as often as not idiom
- habitual adjective
- knee-jerk adjective
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- mechanically adverb (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
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