Inveterate
adjective
Having a habit that is unlikely to change.
John is an inveterate smoker.
Often appears as...
- inveterate liar
- inveterate smoker
adjective
Vigorous or persistent, typically in a negative manner.
He has an inveterate hostility towards his brother.
Often appears as...
- inveterate hostility
- inveterate persistence
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Having a habit that is unlikely to change.
John is an inveterate smoker.
Often appears as...
- inveterate liar
- inveterate smoker
adjective
Vigorous or persistent, typically in a negative manner.
He has an inveterate hostility towards his brother.
Often appears as...
- inveterate hostility
- inveterate persistence
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Deeply Rooted
It implies a habit that's ingrained and hard to change because it's been done for a long time.
She is an inveterate reader of mystery novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
Often used for bad habits or negative traits, suggesting they're a part of the person's nature.
His inveterate laziness has cost him several jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Typically refers to individual habits rather than groups or organizations.
Despite the new law, he remains an inveterate jaywalker.
Pro Tip 1/3Deeply Rooted
It implies a habit that's ingrained and hard to change because it's been done for a long time.
She is an inveterate reader of mystery novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
Often used for bad habits or negative traits, suggesting they're a part of the person's nature.
His inveterate laziness has cost him several jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Typically refers to individual habits rather than groups or organizations.
Despite the new law, he remains an inveterate jaywalker.
Pro Tip 1/3Deeply Rooted
It implies a habit that's ingrained and hard to change because it's been done for a long time.
She is an inveterate reader of mystery novels.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
Often used for bad habits or negative traits, suggesting they're a part of the person's nature.
His inveterate laziness has cost him several jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
Typically refers to individual habits rather than groups or organizations.
Despite the new law, he remains an inveterate jaywalker.
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security embarrassment but also because he was an inveterate hacker he left a tiny digital hot wormhole through which he alone could crawl but this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator and he was convicted at his open prison he came under the influence of financial fraud stirs and those financial
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a huge security embarrassment. But also, because he was an inveterate hacker, he left a tiny digital wormhole through which he alone could crawl. But this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator, and he was convicted. At his open prison, he came under the influence of financial fraudsters,
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Hire the hackers! -...
security embarrassment but also because he was an inveterate hacker he left a tiny digital hot wormhole through which he alone could crawl but this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator and he was convicted at his open prison he came under the influence of financial fraud stirs and those financial
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Misha Glenny: Hire the...
a huge security embarrassment. But also, because he was an inveterate hacker, he left a tiny digital wormhole through which he alone could crawl. But this was spotted by an eagle-eye investigator, and he was convicted. At his open prison, he came under the influence of financial fraudsters,
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Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Living animals are too eccentric in their movements, and the law of gravitation usually draws me from my seat upon them to a lower level; therefore, I am not an inveterate lover of horseback.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
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Beeban Kidron
English Director
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
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Arthur Erickson
Canadian Architect
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
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Ernest Dimnet
French Clergyman
Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
As an inveterate lover of mystery, cracking the code of a writer's true identity has the same effect, for me, as tasting forbidden fruit.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
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David Crosby
American Musician
I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.
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Tom Sizemore
American Actor
I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Hatred is inveterate anger.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Living animals are too eccentric in their movements, and the law of gravitation usually draws me from my seat upon them to a lower level; therefore, I am not an inveterate lover of horseback.
Quote examples
Washington Irving
American Writer
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Quote examples
Beeban Kidron
English Director
Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.
Quote examples
Arthur Erickson
Canadian Architect
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
Quote examples
Ernest Dimnet
French Clergyman
Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
As an inveterate lover of mystery, cracking the code of a writer's true identity has the same effect, for me, as tasting forbidden fruit.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
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David Crosby
American Musician
I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.
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Tom Sizemore
American Actor
I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Hatred is inveterate anger.
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