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addicted

Definition for addicted

adjective as in dependent on something, compulsive

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His teenage son is on Adderall and Zoloft after a turbulent childhood with an addicted mother.

I was just doing a show in London for five months and I’ve gotten very addicted to Jaffa Cakes.

Wash it down with a creamy coconut shake or a sweet Malaysian white coffee and you’ll be as addicted to Malaysian food as I am.

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“We’ve gotten addicted to the cycle of buying something new, using it to the end of its unmaintained life cycle, throwing it out and buying a new one.”

Ghina was "the best of daughters" her mother says, "so smart, so good at school, addicted to studying, with so many plans."

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

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