addicted
/əˈdɪktɪd/
addicted adjective: having a biochemical addiction. Also the simple past and past participle of addict.
Adjective
addicted (comparative more addicted, superlative most addicted)
- Having a biochemical addiction.
- Devoted to or obsessed with something.
- […] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.1834, William Swainson, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History, page 26
Also used as
addicted is also the simple past and past participle of addict.
addicted meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi and Gujarati
addicted in Marathi
- व्यसनाधीन
addicted in Bengali
- আসক্ত
addicted in Gujarati
- વ્યસની, વ્યસનગ્રસ્ત
More languagesFewer languages
- addicted in Persian
- مُعتاد, خوگِرِفتَه
Examples of addicted in a sentence
- When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.
- As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.
- She is addicted to posting SFW cel-shaded HMOFAs on Tumblr.
Forms of addicted
| comparative | more addicted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most addicted |
Words formed from addicted
Questions about addicted
- What does addicted mean?
- Addicted means having a biochemical addiction.
- What is addicted in Marathi?
- Addicted in Marathi is व्यसनाधीन. See Addicted meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is addicted?
- Addicted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce addicted?
- Addicted is pronounced /əˈdɪktɪd/.
Words near addicted in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: addicted (page history and authors); addicted (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); addicted (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); addicted (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); addicted (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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