Addicted

//əˈdɪktɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of addict form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a biochemical addiction.
  2. 2
    Devoted to or obsessed with something.

    "[…] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hookedalcohol dependentdependentdependent ondrug addictedgiven

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"Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs."

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