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addicted

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ad·dict  (-dkt)
tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts
1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.
2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.
n. (dkt)
1. One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.
2. A devoted adherent; a fan: "We are all . . . addicts of change" (Christopher Lasch).

[Latin addcere, addict-, to sentence : ad-, ad- + dcere, to adjudge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.addicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"
unaddicted - not addicted

addicted
adjective
addicted to
1. hooked on, dependent on, inclined to, prone to, accustomed to (slang), habituated to After a while I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
2. devoted to, in love with, dedicated to, fond of, obsessed with, enthusiastic about, absorbed by, disposed to, wild about, fanatical about I went through about four years of being addicted to video games.
Related words
suffix -holic
Translations
addicted [əˈdɪktɪd] ADJ (lit) → adicto
to be addicted to sthser adicto a algo(also fig)
I'm addicted to chocolatesoy adicto al chocolate
to be addicted to drugsser drogadicto
to be addicted to heroinser heroinómano
I went through four years of being addicted to video gamespasé cuatro años enganchado a los videojuegos
to become addicted to [+ drugs etc] → enviciarse con
she had become addicted to golfse envició con el golf, se convirtió en una adicta al golf, se había vuelto una apasionada del golf

addicted [əˈdɪktɪd] adj
(lit) to be addicted to sth [+ drink, drugs, heroin] → être dépendant(e) à qch; [+ gambling] → être dépendant(e) à qch
She's addicted to heroin → Elle est dépendante à l'héroïne.
(fig) to be addicted to sth [+ football, TV] → être un(e) fanatique de qch, être un(e) mordu(e) de qch
She's addicted to soap operas → C'est une mordue des soaps.

addicted
adjsüchtig; to be/become addicted to heroin/drugs/drinkheroin-/rauschgift-/trunksüchtig sein/werden; he’s addicted to smokinger ist nikotinsüchtig; he is addicted to sport/filmsSport ist/Filme sind bei ihm zur Sucht geworden; you might get addicted to itdas kann zur Sucht werden; (Med) → davon kann man süchtig werden

addicted [əˈdɪktɪd] adj addicted (to) (drugs) → dipendente (da) (fig) → fanatico/a (di), maniaco/a (di)
to become addicted to cocaine → diventare cocainomane
to be addicted to drink → essere dedito/a al bere
to be addicted to chocolate → essere un(a) cioccolato-dipendente

addicted مُدمن závislý afhængig süchtig εθισμένος adicto riippuvainen jostakin drogué ovisan dipendente 常習的な 중독된 verslaafd avhengig uzależniony viciado склонный beroende ทำให้ติดยาเสพติด bağımlı bị nghiện 成瘾的


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You yourself know that I am not addicted to bloodthirstiness, and therefore that I cannot really be guilty of the fault in question, seeing that neither my mind nor my heart have participated in it.
Whether the trouble was anything more serious than "incompatibility of temper," he is probably the only living person that knows: he is not addicted to the vice of confidences.
He is much addicted to overestimating his own perfections, and to undervaluing those of his rival or his enemy; a trait which may possibly be thought corroborative of the Mosaic account of the creation.
 
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