adj. 25B6; adjective
a chronic illness : PERSISTENT, long-standing, long-term; incurable.
chronic economic problems : CONSTANT, continuing, ceaseless, unabating, unending, persistent, long-lasting; severe, serious, acute, grave, dire.
a chronic liar : INVETERATE, hardened, dyed-in-the-wool, incorrigible; compulsive; informal pathological.
(Brit. informal) the film was chronic. : See substandard .
acute, temporary.