Antonyms for addicted

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-dik-tid

Phonetic Transcription : əˈdɪk tɪd

Definition of addicted

Origin : 1530s, "delivered over" by judicial sentence; past participle adjective from addict (v.). Modern sense of "dependent" is short for self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or some practice" (1560s; exact phrase from c.1600); specialization to narcotics dependency is from c.1910.

adj dependent on something, compulsive

Example sentences :

They do not wear gloves, nor are they addicted to scent on their pocket-handkerchiefs.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

He was remarkably truthful, and was neither dissipated nor addicted to drink.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

He was so 'addicted to lying that his parents could not distinguish when he was speaking the truth.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

To the use of lots and auguries, they are addicted beyond all other nations.
Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus

They are the masons of the mind, a race of builders, addicted to a workmanship of their own.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

I can remember no time in my life when I was not addicted to the study of humanity.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

Dryden and Congreve, however, appear to have been addicted to the pleasant pastime.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts

I have already given a hint that I was also addicted to the angle.
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

It was natural that his little Eleanor should be capricious and variable and addicted to moods.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

Synonyms for addicted

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