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Adjective: addicted  u'dik-tid
  1. Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
    "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"
Verb: addict  a-dikt
  1. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
    - hook

See also: alcohol-dependent, alcoholic, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked [informal], strung-out

Type of: accustom, habituate

Antonym: unaddicted

Encyclopedia: Addicted

Addict