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strung-out

strung-out

16 9.7
A person who is addicted to drugs and looks very tired or sick
  • adjective
  • /strʌŋ aʊt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : enganchado
  • You know, he gets strung out on drugs, he never get out, man.
  • strung out on drugs
  • strung out on heroin
  • strung out on coke

If you trust Johnny Chang, you don't trust the Bible, you trust Johnny, you can only end up in three places, prison, strung out on the streets or dead.

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Examples

  • By then, we were all strung out.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Her skin is blotchy, and she looks strung out.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • - Did she look strung out to you?

    Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)

  • You know, when I met your mom, I was so strung out on God knows what.

    Danny Collins (2015)

  • I'm a bit strung out right now.

    Search Party (2014)

  • I'm pretty strung out right now.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • It was so raw and we were so strung out that we all lost it at one point or another.

  • I hit bottom one sleepless night, strung out on the bedroom floor, contemplating suicide.

    Blog text (13)

  • So one day in '76, Tommy shows up and he's dead broke and strung out.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • On the day of the trial, she showed up so strung out she could barely talk.

Synonyms

addicted
vsstrung-out
  • NSFW
229 4.1

Unable to stop using drugs, alcohol or video games

is addiction that specifically harms appearance or behaviour as a sign
dependent
vsstrung-out
  • NSFW
28 6.9

Addicted to a drug and unable to function without it

is addiction with clear visible change in appearance or behaviour
drug-addicted
vsstrung-out
  • NSFW
10 4.7

A person who cannot stop taking drugs because their body or mind needs them

is addiction that also visibly harms appearance or behaviour
druggie
vsstrung-out
  • Offensive
1 9.2

Having the look or behavior of people who use illegal drugs

is addiction that notably harms appearance or behaviour
druggy
vsstrung-out
  • NSFW
8.1

Feeling very sleepy and slow after taking medicine or pills

is addiction that shows lasting visible harm to appearance or behaviour
hooked
vsstrung-out
  • NSFW
4.8

Unable to stop taking a drug or doing something because you are addicted

is addiction that mainly shows in ruined looks or behaviour

Antonyms

sober
269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

How Addicted

strung-out
  • NSFW
16 9.7
dependent
  • NSFW
28 6.9
addicted
  • NSFW
229 4.1
sober
269 3.2

Surface Forms

strung-out positive

Morphology

strung-out = string (opaque) = out + strung

Although formed from the verb 'string' (past 'strung') + particle 'out', the idiomatic meaning 'addicted/overly distressed' is not derivable from the literal components. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Strung-out comes from the image of a puppet or instrument strung 'pulled tight', with out showing something is 'beyond' normal. So a strung-out person looks very tired, tense, or controlled by drugs, and their appearance or behavior is badly affected.