Meaning

(US) Causing addiction..

Definitions by Sense

1. (US) Causing addiction.
2. present participle and gerund of addict

Example Sentences

whether any of the substances possess addicting properties is very difficult to determine on animals, although efforts are being made to study this aspect of the problem on dogs and monkeys.

similar in action to codeine salts but when compared with codeine on the basis of weight is more active, and more addicting.

When we didn't have narcotics laws, when we could go and buy this stuff like you could candy and potatoes, laudanum was a very addicting drug

Cocaine has been reconceptualized as our most addicting drug and crack is viewed as the most addicting form of cocaine

That is why smoking and intravenous injection are the routes of administration chosen by addicted people and why these routes of administration are so much more addicting than is oral use of the same drug.

For though in his Nature there is a Tendency to Rational Pleasures, yet this he may, and very frequently does, stifle and extinguish by addicting himself wholly to the Delights and Gratifications of his Sense

Mr. Johnson's communication states that the preparation "has a large sale, and is addicting the public to its use"

Word Forms

• more addicting
• most addicting

Synonyms for addicting

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When Should You Use Addicting?

Use addicting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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