Basic Details
Word: Addicted
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Unable to stop doing or using something, often something harmful, because the habit has a strong hold on you.
Synonyms: hooked, dependent, obsessed
Antonyms: free, indifferent
How to Spell Addicted
Syllables: ad - dict - ed
Tricky part: The double d at the start is easy to lose because it is said like a single d. The middle is ict with a plain c, never ick.
Watch out for: adicted, addickted, addictted
Memory tip: Begin with the word add. A habit you are addicted to keeps adding up: add + icted.
Usage Examples
Example 1: My cousin is so addicted to video games that he forgets to eat lunch.
Example 2: Grandpa says he was once addicted to strong tea, ten cups a day.
Example 3: Doctors warn that people can become addicted to tobacco very quickly.
Fun Fact
In ancient Roman law, an addictus was a debtor handed over by a judge to the person he owed money to, and he had to work for them. Being addicted once meant being bound over to someone.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word addicted as used in the sentence:
By the end of the summer holidays, Kabir was completely addicted to detective novels.
a) opposed
b) hooked
c) indifferent
d) cured
Show answer
b) hooked. Hooked means unable to stop, which is exactly how Kabir feels about the novels.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
a_di_ted
a) b, c
b) d, c
c) t, c
d) d, k
Show answer
b) d, c. Add gives the dd, and the hard sound in the middle is a c, as in predict.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Far too many teenagers are tdcaiedd to their phones.
a) addicts
b) depicted
c) addicted
d) dedicated
Show answer
c) addicted. Dedicated has two e's and addicts has no e; three d's and one e fit only addicted.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The noun formed from addicted is ____.
a) addictment
b) addictness
c) addictance
d) addiction
Show answer
d) addiction
2. Someone addicted to sugar would probably find it hard to ____.
a) brush their teeth
b) go to sleep
c) drink water
d) give up sweets
Show answer
d) give up sweets
