incorrigible
Meaning of incorrigible
adjective
- (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.
he’s an incorrigible liar
- an incorrigible person.
all repeat offenders, but none of them real hard-case incorrigibles
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin incorrigibilis, from in- ‘not’ + corrigibilis (see corrigible).
Information about incorrigible
- The plural form of incorrigible is: incorrigibles.
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Hyphenation of incorrigible
in-cor-ri-gi-ble
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- incorrigible is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
incorrigible synonyms
Meaning (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change:
Meaning doing something constantly or regularly:
Meaning (of a person) firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change their ways:
Meaning utterly fixed in a habit or way of life seen as bad:
Meaning (of a person or behaviour) unable to be changed:
Meaning unable to be reformed:
Meaning (chiefly of religious dogma) unable to be revised or altered:
Meaning not able to be saved, improved, or corrected:
Meaning hard to control or deal with:
Meaning feeling or causing despair:
Meaning (of a person) having a bad habit:
Meaning a person who strongly opposes change or who continues to support something in spite of opposition:
Meaning physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance:
Meaning highly committed in one's support for or dedication to something:
Meaning not feeling shame or regret about one's actions or attitudes:
Meaning showing no regret for one's wrongdoings:
Meaning not acknowledging or expressing regret:
Meaning expressed or acting openly and without guilt or embarrassment:
Meaning not able to occur, exist, or be done:
incorrigible antonyms
Meaning occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly:
Meaning expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful:
Translation of incorrigible
- Italian: incorreggibile
- Spanish: incorregible
- French: incorrigible
- German: unverbesserlich
- Portuguese: incorrigível
Words that rhyme with incorrigible
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