'Incorrigible' definitions:
Definition of 'incorrigible'
From: WordNet
adjective
Impervious to correction by punishment [ant: corrigible]
Definition of 'Incorrigible'
From: GCIDE
- Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, a. [L. incorrigibilis: cf. F. incorrigible. See In- not, and Corrigible.] Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error. "Incorrigible fools." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Incorrigible'
From: GCIDE
- Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, n. One who is incorrigible; a person whose persistent bad behavior cannot be changed; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles; incorrigible and disruptive children need to be placed in a separate classroom. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incorrigible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- beyond control,
- beyond recall,
- beyond remedy,
- breachy,
- chronic,
- confirmed,
- contumacious,
- cureless,
- deep-dyed,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- defiant,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- established,
- fast,
- fixed,
- fractious,
- gone,
- graceless,
- habitual,
- hardened,
- hopeless,
- immedicable,
- implanted,
- inculcated,
- incurable,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- infixed,
- inflexible,
- ingrained,
- inoperable,
- instilled,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- inveterate,
- irreclaimable,
- irrecoverable,
- irredeemable,
- irreformable,
- irremediable,
- irreparable,
- irrepressible,
- irretrievable,
- irreversible,
- irrevocable,
- long-established,
- lost,
- naughty,
- obdurate,
- obstreperous,
- out of hand,
- past hope,
- past praying for,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- remediless,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- rooted,
- ruined,
- set,
- settled,
- settled in habit,
- shrewish,
- shriftless,
- sinful,
- stubborn,
- terminal,
- thorough,
- unalterable,
- unbiddable,
- unchangeable,
- uncontrollable,
- undone,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmitigable,
- unmoldable,
- unredeemable,
- unregenerate,
- unrelievable,
- unruly,
- unsalvable,
- unsalvageable,
- unsubmissive,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- wild