He got hooked on drugs at a young age.
Source: tatoeba (1386714)
Hooked
//hʊkt//
Synonyms for "hooked" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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Translations
26 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- изкривен като кука adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Catalan
1 entries- ganxut adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Finnish
3 entries- koukkumainen adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- koukussa adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
- riippuvainen adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
French
1 entries- accro adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
Galician
1 entries- ganchudo adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
German
2 entries- hakenförmig adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- süchtig adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
Greek
1 entries- αγκιστροειδής adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Italian
4 entries- a forma di uncino adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- a uncino adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- adunco adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- aquilino adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Latin
2 entries- hāmātus adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- obuncus adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Polish
1 entries- haczykowaty adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Russian
2 entries- зави́симый adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
- крючкова́тый adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Spanish
4 entries- adicto adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
- aguileño adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
- atrapado adj (addicted; unable to resist or cease doing)
- curvado adj (having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
My cousin is hooked on smack.
Source: tatoeba (1406104)
At first, I was only looking at the French sentences, but before I knew it, I was hooked into translating them.
Source: tatoeba (1527770)
It looks like you've hooked a big one.
Source: tatoeba (2006437)
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