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addicting

/əˈdɪktɪŋ/

addicting adjective: causing addiction. Also the present participle and gerund of addict.

Adjective

addicting (comparative more addicting, superlative most addicting)

  1. (US) Causing addiction.
    • whether any of the substances possess addicting properties is very difficult to determine on animals, although efforts are being made to study this aspect of the problem on dogs and monkeys.1936 June 1, Nathan Browne Eddy, quotee, “Morphine Substitutes”, in Time, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2010
    • similar in action to codeine salts but when compared with codeine on the basis of weight is more active, and more addicting.1950, Council on Drugs (American Medical Association) with Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association), New and Nonofficial Drugs, page 42
    Synonyms:
    addictive, moreish

Also used as

addicting is also the present participle and gerund of addict.

Examples of addicting in a sentence

  • When we didn't have narcotics laws, when we could go and buy this stuff like you could candy and potatoes, laudanum was a very addicting drug1957, United States Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Juvenile Delinquency (Treatment and Rehabilitation of Juvenile Drug...
  • Cocaine has been reconceptualized as our most addicting drug and crack is viewed as the most addicting form of cocaine1992, Barbara C. Wallace, The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recovery, page 22:

Synonyms of addicting

Forms of addicting

comparativemore addicting
superlativemost addicting

Origin of addicting

From addict + -ing.

Words formed from addicting

Questions about addicting

What does addicting mean?
Addicting means causing addiction.
How do you use addicting in a sentence?
When we didn't have narcotics laws, when we could go and buy this stuff like you could candy and potatoes, laudanum was a very addicting drug
What part of speech is addicting?
Addicting is an adjective.
How do you pronounce addicting?
Addicting is pronounced /əˈdɪktɪŋ/.

Words near addicting in the dictionary

  1. Addicotts
  2. addict
  3. addictant
  4. addicted
  5. addictedness
  6. addicting
  7. addictingly
  8. addiction
  9. addiction-like
  10. addictionlike
  11. addictionologist

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