adj
Meaning 1
Having a biochemical addiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
addicted
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈdɪktɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Devoted to or obsessed with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of addict
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she is addicted to chocolate
- addicted to cocaine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unaddicted
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: varur — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Azerbaijani: asılı — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Catalan: addicte — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- German: süchtig — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Hebrew: מכור (makhúr) — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Hungarian: függő — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Italian: dipendente — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Māori: warawara — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Māori: wara — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Persian: مُعتاد — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Persian: خوگِرِفتَه — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Romanian: dependent — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Spanish: adicto (a) — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Spanish: viciado — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Turkish: düşkün — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
- Turkish: bağımlı — having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Real reading context