Synonyms for incorrigible
- adjective
Most common
abandoned bad hardened obdurate irreparable uncontrollable hopeless axiomatic
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Abandoned — incurably depraved; not reformable
abandoned, bad, hardened, obdurate, irredeemable, wicked, unregenerate, naughty, reprobate, graceless, sinful, lost, unreformable, depraved, shameless, devilish, iniquitous, villainous, nefarious, arrant dated
2. Irreparable — defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright
irreparable, uncontrollable, irremediable, unmanageable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrecoverable, uncorrectable, irreclaimable, remediless
3. Of a disease — unchangeably established in a belief or habit
hopeless, dyed-in-the-wool, unalterable, determined, incurable dated
4. Intrinsically uncorrectable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
- adj. 2
Incurably depraved; not reformable.
His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
- adj. 3
Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
- adj. 4
Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
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Example sentences
- hardened The cement hardened and restricted Hulk’s movements.
- irredeemable "Tom and Mary" was truly an irredeemable piece of trash.
- uncontrollable I am seized by an uncontrollable wave of sadness.
- irremediable The doctor said that this sickness is irremediable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incorrigible | steady | |
| hardened | steady | |
| irredeemable | rising | |
| obdurate | steady | |
| unregenerate | steady | |
| uncontrollable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- lost1
- 6 letters
- wicked2, sinful2, arrant2
- 7 letters
- naughty2
- 8 letters
- hopeless2, hardened2, depraved2, devilish2, obdurate3
- 9 letters
- abandoned3, shameless2, nefarious4, incurable4, axiomatic5, reprobate3, graceless2
- 10 letters
- determined3, villainous3, iniquitous, remediless
- 11 letters
- irreparable5, unalterable5
- 12 letters
- irreversible5, unmanageable5, irredeemable, irremediable6, unregenerate, unreformable, irreformable
- 13 letters
- irretrievable, irrecoverable, unfalsifiable, uncorrectable, irreclaimable
- 14 letters
- uncontrollable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wicked2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incorrigible
- Italiano
- incorreggibile
- Deutsch
- unbelehrbar