druggy
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈdrʌɡi/
- Offensive
:
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- She found some pimps, lowlifes, druggies and bikers in L.A.
- punks and druggies
- drunks and druggies
- homeless druggies
Examples
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I could have become a druggy, but I didn't!
Blog text (8) -
In fact, I couldn't care less about druggies of any sort ODing because they are the ones that create the demand for drugs.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ask the druggy in the back seat how hip I am to your generation.
Fiction book (1997) -
Speaking of druggies, did you hear?
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And a lot of guys who otherwise look like druggies buy a hell of a lot of ice cream bars.
Fiction book (1992) -
But then, on top of it all, having druggies as parents didn't help the matters any.
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That's how these druggies are.
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Then we have the druggies who don't need it but want the high.
Blog text (27) -
I lived day to day, like the recovering alkies and the druggies.
Fiction book (2001) -
He was known as a druggie because he spent all his time at parties using illegal substances.
Synonyms
194
8.6
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
97
3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
86
7.5
A person who regularly takes illegal or addictive drugs
31
3.7
A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs
12
9.2
A person who regularly uses illegal drugs
7
9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
5
5.7
A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
2
9.9
A person who often uses illegal drugs
1
9.9
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs
1
9.6
A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
Antonyms
How Addicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Druggy (as a noun) is the same parts, drug + -y, used as an informal word for a person who often uses drugs. So a druggy is someone who frequently takes illegal drugs, and the word is usually negative.