Crossword clues for addicting
addicting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.]
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To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. ``They addict themselves to the civil law.''
--Evelyn.He is addicted to his study.
--Beau. & Fl.That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
--Adventurer.His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
--Fuller.A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
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To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
--Evelyn.Syn: Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. ``Addicted to staying at home.''
--J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God.
Wiktionary
(context US English) Causing addiction. v
(present participle of addict English)
Usage examples of "addicting".
Her blood called to him, hot and sweet and addicting, a potion made just for him.
The heavy dosage necessary to save her life had devastated her faradhi senses and come close to addicting her to the drug.
He didn't want to think about what Andrade would have done to him had she discovered his true identity and purpose here, let alone what he'd done to Hollis by addicting her to dranath.
He did so, detailing his acceptance by Andrade for faradhi training, the abortive attempt to steal the scrolls, his success in addicting Hollis to dranath.
If so, duck is addicting because I'd also like to try Nanjing duck again.
Gavril forced a smile to his lips, still desirous of addicting the company to this wondrous mead so that their allegiance would thereafter belong to him.
Once unleashed, anger is addicting and the high, while bitter, is irresistible.
These creatures secrete an addicting fluid from their erect penises which prolongs life by slowing metabolism.
I always figured that for some men it was, well, addicting in a way, like a drug.