addicted

[uh-dik-tid]

adjective

1. compulsively committed or helplessly drawn to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit-forming (often used in combination).

   an intensive program for opioid-addicted physicians.

Sensitive Note

See addict.

Other Word Forms

• addictedness noun
• nonaddicted adjective
• unaddicted adjective
• well-addicted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of addicted¹

First recorded in 1550–60; addict + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“I’m addicted to drugs. We all are! If you don’t have an eating disorder, get one, b***h.”

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I became addicted to its input on the smallest decisions, like which kind of green vegetables to put in my pasta the night before a long run.

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When Sheen was addicted to crack, Todd moved into his friend’s Mulholland Estates house in Beverly Hills.

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Though the idea of being a golfer may have started out as a joke for Robinson, she’s now become fully addicted to the sport.

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"I felt like literally amazing. The voices in my head just completely went silent. I got instantly addicted," she remembers.

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Related Words

• absorbed 
• accustomed 
• attached 
• devoted 
• hooked 
• inclined 
• obsessed