chronic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɹɒnɪk/
chronic
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
- Inveterate or habitual.
- He's a chronic smoker.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- That concert was chronic.
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- They left him in a chronic condition.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
- That was cool, chronic in fact.
- (that continues over an extended period of time) diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
- (very bad) abysmal, terrible; see also Thesaurus:bad
- (good) gnarly, splendid; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- French: chronique
- German: chronisch
- Italian: cronico
- Portuguese: crónico
- Russian: хрони́ческий
- Spanish: crónico
- French: chronique
- German: chronisch
- Italian: cronico
- Portuguese: crónico
- Russian: хрони́ческий
- Spanish: crónico
chronic
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (medicine) 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.
- See also Thesaurus:marijuana
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