chronic

About 32.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Being problematic over an extended period of time.

   chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life

2. adjective Prolonged or slow to heal.

   chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness

3. adjective Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

   Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.

4. adjective Inveterate or habitual.

   He's a chronic smoker.

5. adjective Very bad, awful.

   That concert was chronic.

6. adjective Extremely serious.

   They left him in a chronic condition.

7. adjective Good, great; "wicked".

   That was cool, chronic in fact.

8. noun Marijuana, typically of high quality.

Similar words

inveterate prolonged confirmed habitual degenerative progressive addicted long-lasting chronical lifetime

Often followed by

pain disease illness diseases renal bronchitis obstructive and inflammation fatigue

Word family

chronically chronics