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inveterate
adjective as in long-standing, established
Example Sentences
The president is having a mental breakdown in “Symphony of Rats,” a 1988 fever dream by the inveterate theatrical bad boy Richard Foreman.
Trump is an inveterate liar about his fortune.
An inveterate fern fanatic, Steffen highly recommends their form and soft texture for the romantic garden.
An inveterate fabulist who remains terrified of his father, Casimir seems to have invented the wife and three children whom the family has never met.
The role of Celie, however, remains consistent — one of inveterate trauma, stretched over decades of abuse by first her stepfather, then her husband, until she manufactures the strength to stand on her own.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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