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