drug addict

[druhg ad-ikt]

noun

Sometimes Offensive.

1. a person who is addicted to a chemical substance, especially a narcotic.

drug addict

noun

1. any person who is abnormally dependent on narcotic drugs See addiction

Sensitive Note

See addict.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drug addict¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

He included me in a show, along with some child actors who’d gone on to become drug addicts, called “People Who Succeed Too Early in Life.”

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And they argue this “modest, modern” limit make sense because well-armed drug addicts “present unique dangers to society — especially because they pose a grave risk of armed, hostile encounters with police officers while impaired.”

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"I know what it's like to say I am a drug addict, and the stigma that comes with that," he said.

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The SNP's critics point to what they see as a dismal domestic record, on the NHS, housing and the number of deaths among drug addicts, for instance.

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I was not supposed to be a drug addict.

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Related Words

• addict 
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• substance abuser www.thesaurus.com
• user