chronic

Definition

Examples

He suffers from chronic back pain after years of sitting at a desk.

Word Family

Synonyms

• persistentnever-ceasing
• long-termrelating to or extending over a relatively long time
• lingeringthe act of tarrying

Collocations

• Easy suffer from recurring chronic back pain
  to suffer from recurring chronic back pain, meaning to undergo or be subjected to
• Medium accommodate employees managing chronic health conditions
  to accommodate employees managing chronic health conditions, meaning to be agreeable or acceptable to
• Hard struggle with chronic persistent budget deficits
  to struggle with chronic persistent budget deficits, meaning to make a strenuous or labored effort
• Very Hard chronic malcontent undermining organizational morale
  describing chronic malcontent undermining organizational morale (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering)