ADDICTED

pp. Devoted by customary practice.

ADDICTEDNESS

n.The quality or state of being addicted.

ADDICTEDNESS

ADDICTEDNESS Ad *dict "ed *ness, n.

addicted

ad dict ed |əˈdiktid əˈdɪktɪd | ▶adjective physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects: she became addicted to alcohol and diet pills. • enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity: he's addicted to computers. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone ),’ from Latin addict- ‘assigned, ’ from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to ’ + dicere ‘say. ’

addicted

addicted |əˈdɪktɪd | ▶adjective (usu. addicted to ) physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance: she became addicted to alcohol and diet pills. • informal enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity: he's addicted to computers. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone ’), from Latin addict- ‘assigned ’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to ’ + dicere ‘say ’.

addicted

addicted adjective 1 he was addicted to tranquilizers: dependent on; informal hooked on, strung out on. 2 she became addicted to the theater: devoted to, obsessed with, fixated on, dedicated to, fanatical about, passionate about, enamored of, a slave to; informal hooked on, wild about, mad about, crazy about, nuts about. ANTONYMS indifferent.

addicted

addicted adjective 1 he was seriously addicted to tranquillizers | he had the occasional bet, but he was never addicted: dependent on, given to using, given to abusing, in the habit of using; dependent, obsessive, obsessional; informal hooked on. 2 she became addicted to the theatre: devoted to, dedicated to, fond of, partial to, keen on, enthusiastic about, enamoured of, in love with, infatuated with, obsessed with, fixated on, fanatical about; informal hooked on, gone on, wild about, nuts about, potty about, dotty about, crazy about. ANTONYMS indifferent. WORD LINKS addicted -holic person addicted to something, as in alcoholic, chocoholic Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.