English-Italian translations for inveterate

• inveterato
• accanito
• incallito
  Nonostante io sia un vecchio contadino e un carnivoro incallito, devo ammettere che al giorno d' oggi comprendo coloro che hanno questo genere di riluttanza. Despite the fact that I am an old farmer and an inveterate meat-eater, I can nowadays understand people who feel like that.
• incorreggibile
• recidivo

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