addicted
adjective /əˈdɪktɪd/
/əˈdɪktɪd/
[not before noun]- addicted (to something) unable to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful
- to become addicted to drugs/gambling/social media
- It did not take James very long to get addicted.
- She had become addicted to tranquillizers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- totally
- hopelessly
- to
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone)’, from Latin addict- ‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to’ + dicere ‘say’.