incurable

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Irremediable, incorrigible.

Noun

One who cannot be cured.

Synonyms

irremediable

immedicable

incorrigible

uncurable

remediless

cureless

confirmed

terminal

uncured

irreparable

hopeless

moribund

mortal

nontrivial

obduracy

perverse

refractory

unalterable

uncontrollable

unhealed

unmanageable

unreformable

unregenerate

unremedied

untreatable

beyond redemption

without remedy

curely

irremdiable

beyond hope

untractable

chronic

deadly

deep-seated

far gone

fatal

helpless

ineradicable

inoperable

irredeemable

late

Translations

incurabile

incurable

unheilbar

inguaribile

incurable

insanabile

inguérissable

incurable

ανίατος

incorregible

insanabilis

αθεράπευτος

unverbesserlich

αγιάτρευτος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/

Etymology

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.