addicted

/əˈdɪktɪd/

adj 2

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be | become, get

ADV

totally | hopelessly

PREP

My brother is addicted to playing video games and spends hours on his console every day.

Definitions

adj

Having a biochemical addiction.

Devoted to or obsessed with something.

[…] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

unaddicted

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[…] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.

Wiktionary

Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.

Tatoeba · #67560

A person who is addicted to work is called a workaholic.

Tatoeba · #245469

When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories.

Tatoeba · #267961

He is addicted to cocaine.

Tatoeba · #289822

She is addicted to alcohol.

Tatoeba · #310335

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