Definition of "addicted" []

• Being physically or psychologically dependent on something. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of addict. (verb)

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• "KING: Were you encouraged, Robert Redford, by the president using the term addicted to oil in the State of the Union?"
• "Retelling the evolution of humans and 'reward' brain chemistry and addiction (or habituation), combined with peer status, to posit the moral of the story: Being overconsumption-addicted is a death grip -- our own."
• "The problem with Lindsay Lonely and a lot of celebrities who are addicted is that they get coddled."