English-Dutch translations for inveterate

• chronisch
• verstokt
  Het verzet tegen homoseksualiteit is eenvoudigweg een op verstokte vooroordelen gebaseerde meningsvorm. Opposition to homosexuality is simply a form of opinion based on inveterate prejudice.
  Hoewel ik boer ben geweest en een verstokt vleeseter ben, heb ik op dit moment begrip voor mensen die zo denken. Despite the fact that I am an old farmer and an inveterate meat-eater, I can nowadays understand people who feel like that.

Definition of inveterate

• firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
• Having had a habit for a long time
• Malignant; virulent; spiteful
• To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench

Examples

• an inveterate disease
• an inveterate habit
• an inveterate idler
• an inveterate smoker
• an inveterate traveller

Related words

• inveteracy
• inveterately