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addict
[ noun ad-ikt; verb uh-dikt ]
noun
- Sometimes Offensive.
- a person who has become physically or psychologically dependent on a chemical substance:
The leader of the addiction recovery center is, importantly, a self-identified former drug addict.
- a person with an uncontrolled compulsion to continue engaging in an activity despite suffering negative personal or professional consequences:
The funding is for treatment programs for sex addicts and pathological gamblers.
- a devoted fan; enthusiast; devotee: My kids are manga addicts.
She’s a real baseball addict.
My kids are manga addicts.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to become physically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
The documentary claimed that the tobacco industry used marketing techniques to addict new generations of children.
- to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: There was a lot of worry about children becoming addicted to video games.
It can be hard to read a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language.
There was a lot of worry about children becoming addicted to video games.
addict
verb
- tr; usually passiveoften foll byto to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)
noun
- a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
- informal.a person who is devoted to something
a jazz addict
Sensitive Note
Other Words From
- ad·dict·ing adjective
- non·ad·dict noun
- non·ad·dict·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of addict1
Example Sentences
“Ninth House,” by Leigh BardugoIn Bardugo’s engrossing fantasy thriller, a recovering addict lands a full ride to Yale in exchange for keeping an eye on the supernatural — and dangerous — activities of the school’s secret societies.
Perpetual connectivity has led to a plethora of early social media apps that are designed to addict and distract us.
I remember having this strategy of muttering loudly to myself in hopes that people would think that I was either a heroin addict or otherwise insane and leave me alone.
You never completely eliminate something you learned that young, but you can learn to recognize it in yourself and take action to avoid it in the future, not unlike a recovering addict in a 12-step program.
“The judge was in a T-shirt in his basement and he grew a beard during the pandemic,” she says, laughing, and adds that one addict made her required court appearance while lying in bed and smoking a cigarette.
He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.
He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.
Because they agree that Ty Burrell looks like Jon Hamm if Jon Hamm were a crack addict?
If you are a real poet, you are hooked more deeply than any narcotics addict could possibly be on heroin.
As soon as he mentioned the fact that Ansaldo's assistant Marina was a morphine addict, Santiago interrupted him.
The streets were almost deserted, except for some prowler or desperation-driven drug addict.
Nor is he allowed to prescribe narcotics for an addict without decreasing the dosage.
The Cure was a brief hell, but it was fair payment for having had his fun, and if the addict had any guts he would face it.
And it is a very risky thing for a woman to marry an addict with the idea of reforming him.
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