habit

annoying, anti-social, bad, dirty, disconcerting, horrible, irritating, nasty, unfortunate

She has an annoying habit of interrupting people during conversations.

charming

She has a charming habit of laughing at her own jokes before anyone else does.

endearing, good

She has a good habit of drinking water before breakfast every morning.

personal, sexual, social

My roommate has some annoying social habits that make it difficult to study together.

buying, shopping, spending

She's trying to break her expensive shopping habits by using a strict budget.

reading, viewing

My grandfather has always had strong reading habits, spending at least an hour with the newspaper every morning.

drug, smoking

She finally managed to break her drug habit after years of struggling with addiction.

be in, have

My brother is in the habit of checking his phone before he gets out of bed.

acquire, develop, fall into, form, get into, make

She developed a habit of checking her phone first thing every morning.

become

Staying up late became a bad habit during the pandemic.

break (yourself of), get out of, give up, kick

She finally managed to kick her habit of checking her phone every five minutes.

change

She decided to change her habit of staying up late every night.

by ~

She checks her phone by habit every morning before she even opens her eyes.

out of ~

She wore her comfortable old sweater out of habit every winter morning.

a creature of habit

My grandmother is a creature of habit, having her tea at exactly four o'clock every afternoon.

force of habit

She checked her phone out of force of habit, even though she knew no one had messaged.

the habit of a lifetime

She couldn't give up her morning coffee—it was the habit of a lifetime.