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- [noun ad-ikt; verb uh-dikt]
- /noun ˈæd ɪkt; verb əˈdɪkt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [noun ad-ikt; verb uh-dikt]
- /noun ˈæd ɪkt; verb əˈdɪkt/
Definitions of addicting word
- noun addicting a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict. 1
- verb with object addicting to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic. 1
- verb with object addicting to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games. 1
- noun addicting Present participle of addict. 1
- adjective addicting (US) Causing addiction. 0
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Origin of addicting
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Latin addictus assigned, surrendered (past participle of addīcere, equivalent to ad- ad- + dic- (variant stem of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus past participle suffix)
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Parts of speech for Addicting
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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addicting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
addicting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for addicting
adj addicting
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- inveterate — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
verb addicting
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- inure — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
Antonyms for addicting
adj addicting
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- infrequent — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- intermittent — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
verb addicting
- veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
Top questions with addicting
- why is facebook addicting?
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