Subject to a disease or habit for a long time

• chronic

  1. By habit, custom, etc.; habitual; inveterate
  2. Lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases:
  3. Of long duration; continuing:

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  1. By habit, custom, etc.; habitual; inveterate
  2. Lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases:
  3. Of long duration; continuing:

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• habitual

  1. Being or doing a certain thing by habit; steady; inveterate
  2. (Grammar) Designating an action or state that lasts for or is repeated over an extended duration, expressed in English by such means as the simple present tense ( She works downtown ) and the phrase used to ( A factory used to be located at that intersection ).
  3. Being so by habit:

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  1. Being or doing a certain thing by habit; steady; inveterate
  2. (Grammar) Designating an action or state that lasts for or is repeated over an extended duration, expressed in English by such means as the simple present tense ( She works downtown ) and the phrase used to ( A factory used to be located at that intersection ).
  3. Being so by habit:

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• habituated

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• inveterate

  1. Firmly and long established; deep-rooted:
  2. Settled in a habit, practice, prejudice, etc.; habitual
  3. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual:

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  1. Firmly and long established; deep-rooted:
  2. Settled in a habit, practice, prejudice, etc.; habitual
  3. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual:

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Firmly established by long standing

• deep-rooted

  1. Firmly fixed or established; ingrained
  2. Well established; long-standing; deep-seated.
  3. Alternative form of deep-rooted.

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  1. Firmly fixed or established; ingrained
  2. Well established; long-standing; deep-seated.
  3. Alternative form of deep-rooted.

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• deep-seated

  1. Deeply rooted; ingrained:
  2. Implanted or firmly established.
  3. Being so far below the surface as to be unsusceptible to superficial examination, study, or treatment:

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  1. Deeply rooted; ingrained:
  2. Implanted or firmly established.
  3. Being so far below the surface as to be unsusceptible to superficial examination, study, or treatment:

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• entrenched

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• hard-shell

  1. (Informal) Strict; strait-laced; uncompromising, esp. in religious matters
  2. Having a hard shell
  3. Having a shell not recently molted

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  1. (Informal) Strict; strait-laced; uncompromising, esp. in religious matters
  2. Having a hard shell
  3. Having a shell not recently molted

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• ineradicable

  1. Incapable of being eradicated.
  2. Not able to be eradicated
  3. That cannot be eradicated

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  1. Incapable of being eradicated.
  2. Not able to be eradicated
  3. That cannot be eradicated

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• ingrained

  1. Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated:
  2. Firmly fixed or established
  3. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

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  1. Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated:
  2. Firmly fixed or established
  3. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

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• inveterate

  1. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual:
  2. Firmly established over a long period; of long standing; deep-rooted
  3. Settled in a habit, practice, prejudice, etc.; habitual

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  1. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual:
  2. Firmly established over a long period; of long standing; deep-rooted
  3. Settled in a habit, practice, prejudice, etc.; habitual

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• irradicable

  1. (Rare) Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated.
  2. Impossible to uproot or destroy; ineradicable:

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  1. (Rare) Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated.
  2. Impossible to uproot or destroy; ineradicable:

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• set

  1. Ready; prepared:
  2. Unwilling or very reluctant to change:
  3. Established deliberately; intentional:

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  1. Ready; prepared:
  2. Unwilling or very reluctant to change:
  3. Established deliberately; intentional:

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• settled

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Firmly established

• proved

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• valid

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• accepted

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Inveterate

• ingrained

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• seasoned

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• regular

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