All 5 Uses of
chronic
in
Girl Interrupted
- Nevertheless because of the chronicity of the illness and the basic deficiencies involved in personality structuring, a more complete recovery is not to be expected at this time.†
- The person often experiences this instability of self-image as chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom.†
- The person often experiences this instability of self image as chronic feelings of emptiness or boredom.†
- My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.†
- The result was chronic emptiness and boredom.
*chronic = long-lasting (of something bad)
Definition:
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(chronic) of something bad: long-lasting or happening all the time -- especially of disease