B2adjectivehealthemotions
US/ɪnˈkjʊr.ə.bəl/
UK/ɪnˈkjʊə.rə.bəl/
impossible to cure or make better, used for a disease or a condition
In context
Doctors told him that his illness was incurable but that he could still live for years.
She suffers from an incurable disease that slowly affects the muscles.
He is an incurable optimist who believes every problem has a solution.
Words that go with incurable
adjective + noun
- incurable diseaseResearchers are searching for a way to treat this incurable disease.
- incurable illnessHe lived with an incurable illness for a decade.
- incurable cancerThe doctor explained that the cancer was incurable.
- incurable optimistMy aunt is an incurable optimist.
- incurable romanticHe remains an incurable romantic at seventy.
adverb + adjective
- declared incurableThe condition was declared incurable years ago.