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hooked

hooked

4.8
Unable to stop taking a drug or doing something because you are addicted
  • adjective
  • /hʊkt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : enganchado
  • My grandmother who introduced me to film and got me hooked on James Bond.

And so why are both of you so hooked on water?

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Examples

  • He was so hooked on heroin that he lost his job and relationships.

  • So now we as a family are hooked on the good place.

  • And I was very, very, very hooked, especially on, on, on drugs.

  • And so why are both of you so hooked on water?

  • So this is what got me hooked at the start.

  • So what first got you started and hooked on studying emotion?

  • But my whole thing was, I don't want to get hooked because, yeah, I cannot.

  • I've been so hooked on Mac that I'm curious.

  • After trying gambling once, she found herself hooked and unable to stop.

  • Many teenagers become hooked on video games, often neglecting their studies.

Synonyms

addicted
vshooked
  • NSFW
229 4.1

Unable to stop using drugs, alcohol or video games

emphasizes the resulting inability to stop using the substance or activity

Antonyms

269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

How Addicted

dependent
  • NSFW
28 6.9
hooked
  • NSFW
4.8
habitual
28 4.0
occasional
285 2.8

Surface Forms

hooked positive

Morphology

hooked = hook (semi-transparent) = hook + ed

The addicted sense is a metaphorical extension from 'be hooked' = 'be caught/ensnared' so knowing 'hook' helps but the precise meaning 'addicted' is an idiomatic extension.

Etymology

Hooked in the sense of being addicted comes from the image of a hook that grabs and holds a fish so it cannot swim away. So if you are 'hooked' on a drug or habit, you are 'caught' and cannot easily 'stop'.