chronicadjective
uk/ˈkrɒn.ɪk/us/ˈkrɑː.nɪk/chronic adjective (LONG-LASTING)
C2 (especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time:
chronic diseases/conditions
chronic arthritis/pain
a chronic invalid
There is a chronic shortage of teachers.
More examples
- She suffers from chronic pain in her knees.
- I have a chronic bowel disease.
- There is a chronic shortage of nursing staff.
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Continuous & permanent
- abiding
- ad infinitum
- around-the-clock
- be
- bounce
- ceaseless
- fluidity
- here to stay idiom
- immanent
- imperishable
- incessant
- indelible
- inextinguishable
- nagging
- perpetuity
- persistence
- persistent
- round-the-clock
- seamless
- trot
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Disease & illness - general words
chronic adjective (BAD)
UK informal very bad:
The acting was chronic.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiff
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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chronically
adverb uk/ˈkrɒn.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl.i/
care for the chronically sick