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Meaning of addicted in English
Pronunciation
/əˈdɪktəd/
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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