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- [in-kawr-i-juh-buh l, -kor-]
- /ɪnˈkɔr ɪ dʒə bəl, -ˈkɒr-/
- /ɪnˈkɒr.ɪ.dʒə.bl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-kawr-i-juh-buh l, -kor-]
- /ɪnˈkɔr ɪ dʒə bəl, -ˈkɒr-/
Definitions of incorrigible word
- adjective incorrigible not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar. 1
- adjective incorrigible impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair. 1
- adjective incorrigible firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit. 1
- adjective incorrigible not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist. 1
- noun incorrigible a person who is incorrigible. 1
- noun incorrigible A person of this type. 1
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Origin of incorrigible
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
First recorded in 1300-50; Middle English word from Latin word incorrigibilis. See in-3, corrigible
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Parts of speech for Incorrigible
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
incorrigible popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for incorrigible
adj incorrigible
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- beastly — If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
adjective incorrigible
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- persistent — persistence
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
Antonyms for incorrigible
adj incorrigible
- manageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- obedient — obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- reformable — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
adjective incorrigible
- tractable — easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
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