2. Adjective. (American English) Causing addiction. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of addict) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Addicting
1. addict [v] - See also: addict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Addicting
Literary usage of Addicting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"we may gather thus much from it that Mr. Wotton by thus addicting himself to
Middle-Age Antiquity, may in time come to have a much better opinion of ye ..."
2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Specific criteria to identify a substance as pharmacologically addicting are ...
Addicting drugs can be characterized by other properties that include the ..."
3. Prevention Plus III: Assessing Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Programs at by Jean A. Linney, Abraham Wandersman (1993)
"Amphetamines are a. stimulants b. depressants c. physically addicting d. narcotics 4.
Which of the following is not a tranquilizer: a. thorazine b. ..."
4. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"Dr. Daryl Inaba, of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco states that
marijuana is highly addicting and contains more than 360 chemicals that ..."
Other Resources:
