chronic

Plural: chronics

Adjective

• being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
  • "chronic indigestion"
  • "a chronic shortage of funds"
  • "a chronic invalid"

Adjective Satellite

• of long duration
  • "chronic money problems"
• habitual
  • "a chronic smoker"

Adj

• Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
• Prolonged or slow to heal.
• Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
• Inveterate or habitual.
• Very bad, awful.
• Extremely serious.
• Good, great; "wicked".

Noun

• A person suffering from a persistent or long-lasting disease.
• Marijuana, typically of high quality.
• A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
• A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.

Examples

• chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
• Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
• chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
• He's a chronic smoker.
• His CHRONIC inability to find a bingo was finally broken with a lucky draw.
• That concert was chronic.
• That was cool, chronic in fact.
• They left him in a chronic condition.

Synonyms

continuing, inveterate, MJ, Mary Jane, Mary Joanna, Texas tea, abysmal, bad, benj, bhang, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, diuturnal, djamba, doobage, dope, endo, excellent, gage, ganj, ganja, gnarly, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, lasting, marihoochie, marijuana, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, prolonged, puff, reefer, sensimilla, sensimillia, shit, splendid, sweetleaf, tea, terrible, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie

Antonyms

acute, transient

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