junkie
194
8.6
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌŋki/
- Offensive
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- You're gonna be back to dealing with junkies and murderers in no time.
- heroin junkie
- addicts and junkies
- street junkie
When we think of addiction, we think of the junkie or, you know, the gutter drunk.
- When we think of addiction, we think of the junkie or, you know, the gutter drunk.
- You're going to see a lot of junkies, a lot of junkies participating in their hustles.
- ASB&C; Alphabet City, and there was a mixture of junkies and hippies.
- Obviously he's not trying to impress a drug dealer or a a junkie.
- Picture homelessness is junkies who are out of their mind.
- Higher than a junkie drying out in Savannah.
- And then other guys get become like junkies.
- But if they walk in and those junkies start going, God rest ye merry gentlemen.
Examples
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Their mother is 22, a recovering junkie just like their dad.
Fiction book (1997) -
With each letter, she seemed more and more like a junkie until she started calling herself one.
Fiction book (1990) -
My mother was a junkie.
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He was a junkie before he was a writer.
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When we think of addiction, we think of the junkie or, you know, the gutter drunk.
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Wilson was two years younger than Lonnie and me, a junkie since he was thirteen.
Fiction book (1990) -
I rummaged through my dresser trying to find my medicine like a junkie looking for his next fix.
Fiction book (1995) -
There were lots of junkies, strung out and passed out on the sidewalks.
Academic text (2002) -
You're going to see a lot of junkies, a lot of junkies participating in their hustles.
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The documentary highlighted the struggles of a junkie trying to overcome his addiction.
Synonyms
316
4.3
A person who cannot stop using a drug or activity because they need it
97
3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
7
9.8
A person who often uses illegal substances
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
Compounds
- Slang
4
7.5
A person who looks for exciting and often dangerous activities like skydiving
How Addicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Junkie comes from junk ('worthless thing' or 'rubbish') plus the ending -ie that makes a word for a person. Later, junk became a word for illegal drugs, so a junkie was first a person addicted to those drugs and the word can sound insulting.