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heroinlike

heroinlike adjective: resembling heroin or some aspect of it.

Adjective

heroinlike (comparative more heroinlike, superlative most heroinlike)

  1. Resembling heroin or some aspect of it.
    • Intended to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroinlike high if crushed and then swallowed, inhaled or injected.2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Painkiller’s Maker Settles Complaint”, in New York Times

Forms of heroinlike

comparativemore heroinlike
superlativemost heroinlike

Origin of heroinlike

From heroin + -like.

Questions about heroinlike

What does heroinlike mean?
Heroinlike means resembling heroin or some aspect of it.
What part of speech is heroinlike?
Heroinlike is an adjective.

Words near heroinlike in the dictionary

  1. heroinists
  2. heroinize
  3. heroinized
  4. heroinizes
  5. heroinizing
  6. heroinlike
  7. heroinomania
  8. heroinomaniac
  9. heroinomaniacs
  10. heroins
  11. heroinware

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