inveterate russian

• прися́жный

  juror, juryman, member of the jury

  sworn

  born, inveterate, confirmed

• зая́длый

  avid, heavy, inveterate

• закорене́лый

  inveterate, ingrained, deep-rooted

• отъя́вленный

  thorough, inveterate

• матёрый

  hardened, inveterate, seasoned, experienced

  full-grown, grown, mature

• отпе́тый

  arrant, inveterate, desperate

• завра́ться

  to become an inveterate liar

• застаре́лый

  chronic, long-standing, neglected (illness)

  inveterate, deep-rooted, ingrained

  outdated, obsolete, antiquated

• спива́ться

  to become an inveterate drunkard, to ruin oneself by drinking

• завзя́тый

  inveterate, confirmed

• закосне́лый

  stubborn, impenitent, inveterate, sunk

• заматере́лый

  fully grown, mature, grown

  hardened, inveterate, confirmed

  stiffened, rigid, set in its ways

• въеда́ющийся

  ingrained, persistent, deep-seated

  pervasive, penetrating, lingering

  deeply ingrained, deep-rooted, inveterate

Examples

• Они преодоле́ли мно́гие закорене́лые предрассу́дки.

  They overcame many inveterate superstitions.

• Он отпетый лгун, никому не верь.

  He's an inveterate liar—don't believe a word he says.

• Он был отъявленным лжецом и обманщиком.

  He was an inveterate liar and fraud.

• Он завзятый рыбак и охотник.

  He is an inveterate fisherman and hunter.

• Мой дед завзятый спорщик.

  My grandfather is an inveterate debater.