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addictlike

addictlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an addict or addictive behaviour.

Adjective

addictlike (comparative more addictlike, superlative most addictlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an addict or addictive behaviour.
    • Sniffling nose congestion, “up and down” energy levels, constant fatigue, and addictlike food cravings were additional troubles for Mrs. Bennett, according to the extensive patient history form she filled in.1986, John Parks Trowbridge, Morton Walker, The Yeast Syndrome: How to Help Your Doctor Identify & Treat the Real Cause of Your Yeast-Related Illness, Bantam Books, →ISBN, section 1, chapter 1, 5
    • And although Danny had been sober for a long stretch, you only had to scratch the surface to find that crazy, dramatic, addictlike behavior.2009, Melissa Gilbert, chapter 18, in Prairie Tale: A Memoir, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, →ISBN, page 201

Forms of addictlike

comparativemore addictlike
superlativemost addictlike

Origin of addictlike

From addict + -like.

Questions about addictlike

What does addictlike mean?
Addictlike means resembling or characteristic of an addict or addictive behaviour.
What part of speech is addictlike?
Addictlike is an adjective.

Words near addictlike in the dictionary

  1. addictively
  2. addictiveness
  3. addictives
  4. addictivities
  5. addictivity
  6. addictlike
  7. addicto-
  8. addictogenic
  9. addictologic
  10. addictological
  11. addictologist

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