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Meaning of addicted in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /əˈdɪktəd/

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    addicted

    Etymology

    mid 16th century: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone’), from Latin addict-‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad-‘to’ + dicere‘say’

    Definitions

    1. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

    Examples

    • « she is addicted to chocolate »
    • « addicted to cocain »

    Synonyms

    • alcoholic
    • alcohol-dependent
    • chronic
    • confirmed
    • habitual
    • inveterate(a)
    • dependent
    • dependant
    • drug-addicted
    • hooked
    • strung-out

    Antonyms

    • unaddicted

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