addictive
addictive
Definition
ad·dic·tive (-tiv)
adjective
relating to or causing addiction
addictive
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- heroin: We are never shown what the product is, but the stuff is as addictive as heroin.
- drug: A: Nicotine is as addictive as many illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- find: I now know why people find big Barbel so addictive.
- make: Work is in progress to develop a vaccine that takes some of the pleasure out of smoking whilst making nicotine less addictive.
Modifies a noun
- teaser: Sudoku is a game of pure logic, an addictive brain teaser that can be.. .
- gameplay: Choose from Journey Mode or Arcade Mode - the addictive gameplay will give you hours of fun!
- craze: Sudoku is the addictive Japanese number puzzle craze that is sweeping the UK.
- personality: Those with addictive personalities are not helped by arresting the vast majority who do not suffer from the problem.
- craving: It is also used to treat physical ailments which may have an underlying emotional element and has been used very successfully with addictive cravings.
- behavior: Here to support each other in trying to ' give up ' one of the most addictive behaviors going around today.
Used with adjective complement
- become: I must say the game can become rather addictive!
Infinitive complement
- play: We picked up a stack of games, too, and they are hugely addictive to play.
Modifying Another Word
- fiendishly: Sudoku is the fiendishly addictive number... to be good at Sudoku!
- powerfully: Tobacco is a powerfully addictive drug that most of its users would like to quit using.
- strangely: Maybe there should be a WARNING expressed here that rowing is a strangely addictive sport for many who take it up.
- dangerously: But be warned, the place is dangerously addictive.
- incredibly: Anyone who has played either of the first two GTA games will be familiar with its incredibly addictive nature.
- horribly: One word of warning: it's a horribly addictive game.
Preposition: in
- way: Health warnings Cocaine is addictive in a different way to heroin.
Preposition: than
- heroin: In fact, nicotine is considered more addictive than heroin or cocaine.
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