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View usage for: (ɪnkjʊərəbəl) 1. adjectiveIf someone has an incurable disease, they cannot be cured of it. He is suffering from an incurable skin disease. Synonyms: fatal, terminal, inoperable, irrecoverable More Synonyms of incurable incurably (ɪnkjʊərəbli) adverb [ADVERB adjective] ...youngsters who are incurably ill. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]You can use incurable to indicate that someone has a particular quality or attitude and will not change. Poor old William is an incurable romantic. You are either very young or an incurable optimist. incurably adverb [ADVERB adjective] I know you think I'm incurably nosey. More Synonyms of incurable incurable in British English (ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl) adjective1. (esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment noun2. a person having an incurable disease Derived forms incurability (inˌcuraˈbility) or incurableness (inˈcurableness) noun incurably (inˈcurably) adverb incurable in American English (ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl) adjective1. not curable; that cannot be remedied or corrected noun2. a person having an incurable disease or disorder Derived forms incurability (inˌcuraˈbility) noun incurably (inˈcurably) adverb Word origin OFr < LL incurabilisExamples of 'incurable' in a sentenceincurable She was already seriously ill after being told she has incurable lung disease.Patients with rare or incurable diseases often want doctors to be able to try untested drugs or treatment on them.These foolish, forgotten things have turned this robot into an incurable romantic.To this end, those too ill and considered incurable were not admitted.She was herself ill, with incurable anaemia.This was quite confusing for his friends, who excused him by saying he was an incurable romantic.Too young in her life she saw her own age group dying of incurable diseases, like cystic fibrosis.Of course this isn't remotely like being told you have an incurable disease and have only months to live.Around 400,000 Britons suffer from the incurable disease.I am an incurable optimist.AN uncle of the three young brothers battling an incurable brain disease pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing 2,000 from their trust fund.Or maybe I'm just an incurable romantic. In other languagesincurable British English: incurable ADJECTIVE If someone has an incurable disease, they cannot be cured of it. He is suffering from an incurable skin disease. - American English: incurable
- Brazilian Portuguese: incurável
- Chinese: 无法治愈的
- European Spanish: incurable
- French: incurable
- German: unheilbar
- Italian: incurabile
- Japanese: 不治の
- Korean: 불치의
- European Portuguese: incurável
- Latin American Spanish: incurable
Definition not able to be cured He is suffering from an incurable skin disease. Definition not able to be changed He's an incurable romantic. Additional synonymsDefinition having strong and unchanging attitudes or opinions He was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. Synonyms confirmed, complete, established, entrenched, die-hard, deep-rooted, through-and-through, inveterate, deep-dyed Definition impossible to solve a hopeless mess Synonyms incurable, irreversible, irreparable, lost, helpless, irremediable, past remedy, remediless Definition confirmed in a habit or practice an inveterate liar Synonyms chronic, confirmed, incurable, hardened, established, long-standing, hard-core, habitual, obstinate, incorrigible, dyed-in-the-wool, ineradicable, deep-dyed |