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drug-addicted

drug-addicted

10 4.7
A person who cannot stop taking drugs because their body or mind needs them
  • adjective
  • /drʌɡ əˈdɪktɪd/
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translation icon : adicto a las drogas
  • Now she's a public health worker who helps the drug-addicted live and die with dignity.
  • a drug-addicted mother
  • a drug-addicted baby
  • a drug-addicted parent

You know, most of America's homeless are drug addicted or mentally ill.

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Examples

  • You know, most of America's homeless are drug addicted or mentally ill.

  • His wife left him, and he has taken up with a drug-addicted woman.

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  • The drug-addicted woman plans on taking back her daughter to appease the father.

    Blog text (6)
  • For example, drug-addicted women are more likely to be victims of sexual and physical abuse, and in some cases, their drug use may be tied to negative experiences associated with living on the streets.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Circuit Judge Carol Pearce McCarthy peered over her glasses and across the bench at the drug-addicted mother of six who stood in her Chicago courtroom this past September.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The British actress now stars as a drug-addicted single mother in Moonlight.

  • If your teenager is a pot-smoking, drug-addicted mess, don't give up hope.

Synonyms

addicted
vsdrug-addicted
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229 4.1

Unable to stop using drugs, alcohol or video games

applies specifically to inability to stop substances rather than to activities
dependent
vsdrug-addicted
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28 6.9

Addicted to a drug and unable to function without it

focuses on inability to stop rather than loss of normal function
strung-out
vsdrug-addicted
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16 9.7

A person who is addicted to drugs and looks very tired or sick

focuses on inability to stop substances rather than on visible deterioration
hooked
vsdrug-addicted
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4.8

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

refers only to inability to stop substances rather than general habits

Antonyms

269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

16 2.8

Free of illegal drugs in a person or place

How Addicted

dependent
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28 6.9
drug-addicted
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10 4.7
compulsive
1 7.3
habitual
28 4.0

Surface Forms

drug-addicted positive

Morphology

drug-addicted = drug + addicted (transparent) = drug + addict + ed

Meaning is a straightforward combination: someone who is 'addicted' specifically to 'drugs' — the relation is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Drug-addicted combines drug and addicted, and addicted comes from an old Latin idea meaning 'given over' to something and 'bound' by it, which you can also see in the word addiction. So a drug-addicted person is someone who is 'given over' to drugs and finds they 'cannot stop' using them.