habit-forming

[ hab-it-fawr-ming ]

adjective

1. tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence:

   habit-forming drugs.

habit-forming

adjective

1. (of an activity, indulgence, etc) tending to become a habit or addiction

Word History and Origins

Origin of habit-forming¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Nick says he asked large pharmaceutical companies to make placebos for Elvis for those pills that might be habit forming.

From The Daily Beast

Freedom from the deleterious action or habit-forming tendencies of the opiates.

From Project Gutenberg

So-called non-alcoholic bottled beverages often contain alcohol or a habit-forming drug and are usually colored with aniline.

From Project Gutenberg

All habit-forming involves the beginning of an intellectual specialization which if unchecked ends in thoughtless action.

From Project Gutenberg

Congress has just passed a bill aiming to regulate the traffic in habit-forming drugs.

From Project Gutenberg

The major part of the habit-forming drugs used in the United States is consumed by the under-world.

From Project Gutenberg