addicted
adjective /əˈdɪk.tɪd/Definition
› unable to stop taking drugs, or doing something as a habit: By the age of 14 he was addicted to heroin. I'm addicted to (= I very often eat) chocolate. I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly addicted.AddictionDrug addiction addiction /əˈdɪk.ʃən/ B2 drug addiction his addiction to alcoholAddictionDrug addiction
(Definition of addicted adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -aholic suffix
- -oholic suffix
- addict noun
- addictive adjective
- alcoholic noun
- alcoholism noun
- alky noun
- compulsive adjective
- cure sb of sth phrasal verb
- delirium tremens noun
- dependence noun
- detox noun
- detox verb
- detoxification centre noun
- dipsomaniac noun
- drinking problem noun
- drunk noun
- dry out phrasal verb
- kick the habit idiom
- the DTs noun
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