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addict

noun as in someone dependent on a substance

noun as in devoted fan

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“Ninth House,” by Leigh BardugoIn Bardugo’s engrossing fantasy thriller, a recovering addict lands a full ride to Yale in exchange for keeping an eye on the supernatural — and dangerous — activities of the school’s secret societies.

Perpetual connectivity has led to a plethora of early social media apps that are designed to addict and distract us.

From Fortune

I remember having this strategy of muttering loudly to myself in hopes that people would think that I was either a heroin addict or otherwise insane and leave me alone.

You never completely eliminate something you learned that young, but you can learn to recognize it in yourself and take action to avoid it in the future, not unlike a recovering addict in a 12-step program.

“The judge was in a T-shirt in his basement and he grew a beard during the pandemic,” she says, laughing, and adds that one addict made her required court appearance while lying in bed and smoking a cigarette.

From Ozy

He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.

They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.

He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.

Because they agree that Ty Burrell looks like Jon Hamm if Jon Hamm were a crack addict?

If you are a real poet, you are hooked more deeply than any narcotics addict could possibly be on heroin.

As soon as he mentioned the fact that Ansaldo's assistant Marina was a morphine addict, Santiago interrupted him.

The streets were almost deserted, except for some prowler or desperation-driven drug addict.

Nor is he allowed to prescribe narcotics for an addict without decreasing the dosage.

The Cure was a brief hell, but it was fair payment for having had his fun, and if the addict had any guts he would face it.

And it is a very risky thing for a woman to marry an addict with the idea of reforming him.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to addict, such as: substance abuser, drug abuser, drug user, drug addict, druggie, and junkie.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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