[adjective] - (esp. of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long timechronic diseases/conditionschronic arthritis/paina chronic effect/alcoholica chronic invalidThere is a chronic shortage of teachers/housing.(UK and ANZ informal) Chronic can mean very bad.The pain was chronic.The entertainment was chronic.
CHRONIC
Meaning of CHRONIC in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012