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in-curable
adjective as in incorrigible
adjective as in incurable
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
Weak matches
- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in inveterate
adjective as in irreparable
adjective as in sick
Strong matches
adjective as in terminal
adjective as in unwell
adjective as in intractable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in chronic
Strongest matches
adjective as in habituated
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in laid-up
Weak matches
- ailing
- bedridden
- broken down
- confined
- debilitated
- declining
- defective
- delicate
- diseased
- disordered
- down
- feeble
- feverish
- frail
- funny
- green
- hospitalized
- ill
- impaired
- imperfect
- in a bad way
- in poor health
- incurable
- indisposed
- infected
- infirm
- invalid
- lousy
- mean
- nauseated
- not so hot
- peaked
- poorly
- qualmish
- queasy
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- run down
- sick as a dog
- suffering
- tottering
- under medication
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- unwell
- weak
- wobbly
adjective as in lingering
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in protracted
Strong matches
adjective as in fatal
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
noun as in invalid
Strong matches
adjective as in incorrigible
adjective as in incurable
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
Weak matches
- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in inveterate
adjective as in irreparable
adjective as in sick
Strong matches
adjective as in terminal
adjective as in unwell
adjective as in intractable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked-in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in chronic
Strongest matches
adjective as in habituated
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in laid-up
Weak matches
- ailing
- bedridden
- broken down
- confined
- debilitated
- declining
- defective
- delicate
- diseased
- disordered
- down
- feeble
- feverish
- frail
- funny
- green
- hospitalized
- ill
- impaired
- imperfect
- in a bad way
- in poor health
- incurable
- indisposed
- infected
- infirm
- invalid
- lousy
- mean
- nauseated
- not so hot
- peaked
- poorly
- qualmish
- queasy
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- run down
- sick as a dog
- suffering
- tottering
- under medication
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- unwell
- weak
- wobbly
adjective as in lingering
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in protracted
Strong matches
adjective as in fatal
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
noun as in invalid
Strong matches
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On this page you'll find 693 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in-curable, such as: hardened, abandoned, beastly, incurable, intractable, and inveterate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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