addict
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈædɪkt/
- NSFW
- She realized she had become an addict after neglecting her health for months while pursuing her passion for gambling.
- drug addict
- recovering addicts
- alcoholics and drug addicts
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Watch on YouTubeI almost never see a former addict who's not still smoking.
- I almost never see a former addict who's not still smoking.
- I I wasn't, I was an addict hiding in plain sight.
- I was a a closeted gay cocaine addict for many years.
- And people who are addicts struggle with euphoric recall.
- If the person was an exercise addict as well.
- James is a cocaine addict and a alcoholic.
- But I feel like he's a Hollywood heroine addict in that movie.
- And yet we all know addicts or we are addicts ourselves.
- He said, as former addicts often do, they got these great sayings.
- You've said trying to think a lot about the addicts behavior, trying to fix things.
- I was a street addict on the street, nothing.
- Like Alcoholics and addicts love to move.
- But there is a cast of characters around most addicts that just goes under the radar.
- Imagine a most of your addicts nowadays got to steal.
- Not only that, but I'm also a felon, narcotics addict, dealer.
- And, and the addict voice is going, why are you even bothering?
Examples
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And as an addict, I loved ketamine so much.
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A youth hostel for drug addicts?
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I'm sorry, he was fully a sex addict like had to have been.
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- I'm a drug addict That upset you?
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I'm not a drug addict or anything.
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I almost never see a former addict who's not still smoking.
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Pregnant women are another group of drug addicts growing at a surprising rate.
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And yet we all know addicts or we are addicts ourselves.
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We're drug addicts, Amy.
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Earlier perceptions that all drug users were addicts had resulted in a policy emphasizing treatment.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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8.6
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
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3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
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9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
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5.7
A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
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9.6
A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
Compounds
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3.4
A person who regularly drinks coffee, tea, or energy drinks and needs caffeine
How Addicted
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word addict comes from the Latin addictus, meaning 'given over' or 'surrendered'. So an addict is a person who is 'given over' to a habit and finds it very hard to stop.