addictive
/əˈdɪktɪv
/(also informal addicting)
adjective
1(Of a substance or activity) causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted to it: a highly addictive drug...
- His team are using fruit flies to study the genetics of cocaine and other addictive drugs.
- Tobacco is one of the most addictive drugs available and by far the deadliest overall.
- As with any addictive substance, there is a reason we get hooked on caffeine in the first place.
Synonyms
habit-forming, causing addiction, causing dependency;
compelling, compulsive
British informal moreish
1.1Relating or susceptible to addiction: he has an addictive personality...
- And for a man who confesses to having an addictive personality, his main vice is now mostly confined to words.
- Let us assume that you have decided, at least for the time being, to stop or cut back your addictive behavior.
- She was one of those people with an inner fire - an unquenchable energy which gave her a highly addictive personality.
Derivatives
addictively
- And in winter, should you not be initiated in the mysterious rites of ski or snowboard, you might be able to slide down on a toboggan - utterly terrifying, yes, but addictively so.
- The screen has missed Streep, who has given addictively moving performances in several classics, and many highly watchable portrayals in otherwise average films.
- Furst's novels, masterly analyses of character as much as plot-driven thrillers, are addictively readable and Dark Voyage is a fine example of his art.
addictiveness
- The addictiveness of this game nailed me on two fronts.
- Companies must also publish "corrective statements" on the adverse health effects and addictiveness of smoking.
- This is, in my opinion, his best novella - in terms of sheer addictiveness, it can't be beaten.
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