drug addict
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- noun
- /drʌɡ ˈædɪkt/
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adicto a las drogas
- His brother, a drug addict, struggled for years before seeking help.
- become a drug addict
- recovering drug addicts
- alcoholics and drug addicts
His brother, a drug addict, overdosed and died.
- His brother, a drug addict, overdosed and died.
- Both Rosemary and Elizabeth were, were drug addicts and, and Alcoholics.
- If you're homeless or a drug addict, you can't adopt children.
- He had a best friend who was a drug addict just like we were.
- So it could have been homeless people, drug addicts giving blood.
- You know, I was called to poor, unfortunate, hapless drug addicts on on the smack.
- I was playing the drug addict, I was playing the car thief.
- It's not because that's where drug addicts tend to be.
- I was like a lazy, entitled drug addict and I didn't want to do anything.
- But you know, I'm a drug addict and I got an addictive personality.
- We went from Disney Channel to this and she's like a drug addict in that show.
- I had no purpose, you know, And I was a drug addict.
- and it was like a bunch of homeless people running around and weirdos and drug addicts and hippies.
- Every drug addict got a little drug addict partner.
- Well, the ones that are drug addicts are nerds.
Examples
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After years of battling addiction, she finally admitted she was a drug addict.
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A youth hostel for drug addicts?
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Imagine when some drug addict offers you their daily drug of choice.
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I was a drug addict.
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Some will become drug addicts, and in the same circumstances, others will not.
Academic text (1991) -
My father was a homeless drug addict before I could even walk and talk.
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I was an outreach worker for Another Chance, a program for pregnant drug addicts.
Fiction book (1996) -
His brother, a drug addict, overdosed and died.
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She's a 20-year-old drug addict trying to get clean.
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Many drug addicts live on the streets, unable to find the help they need.
Synonyms
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A person who cannot stop using a drug or activity because they need it
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A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
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9.9
A person who uses the illegal drug crack and cannot stop
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5.1
A person who keeps using heroin even when it harms them
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6.1
A person who uses crack cocaine and cannot stop
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A person who often uses illegal substances
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A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
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A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
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A person who keeps using cocaine even though it harms them
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A person who often uses illegal drugs
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A person who is addicted to illegal drugs
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A person who uses cocaine and often cannot stop
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A person who uses opium and cannot stop
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A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
A person who is addicted to crack and uses it in binges
A person who often uses the drug opium and cannot stop
How Dependent
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5.7
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1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person addicted to drugs' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'drug' (substance used medically or recreationally) with 'addict' (a person unable to stop substance use). This compositional pattern is straightforward and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Drug addict links drug (a substance) and addict (a person who is given over to something). One way to picture it is someone whose life is controlled by a drug and who 'cannot stop' using it, so today drug addict means a person who is dependent on illegal or strong drugs.