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chronick

chronick is the obsolete form of chronic.

Meaning of chronic

Adjective

chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)

  1. Being problematic over an extended period of time.
    • chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
    Synonyms:
    diuturnal
  2. Prolonged or slow to heal.
    • chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
  3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
    • Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
  4. Inveterate or habitual.
    • He's a chronic smoker.
  5. (slang) Very bad, awful.
    • That concert was chronic.
    Synonyms:
    abysmal
  6. (informal) Extremely serious.
    • They left him in a chronic condition.

See all 10 meanings of chronic

Forms of chronick

comparativemore chronick
superlativemost chronick

Questions about chronick

What is chronick the obsolete form of?
Chronick is the obsolete form of chronic.

Words near chronick in the dictionary

  1. chronically online
  2. chronicalness
  3. chronicities
  4. chronicity
  5. chronicization
  6. chronick
  7. chronicle
  8. chronicled
  9. chronicler
  10. chroniclers
  11. chronicles

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