Addictive and Chronic

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Addictive adjective - Causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs.

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Chronic and addictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chronic" instead an adjective "Addictive".

Nearby Words: addiction, addicted, addict, addicting

Chronic adjective - Being such by habit and not likely to change.

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Addictive and chronic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Addictive" instead an adjective "Chronic".

The father of Arnold's best friend admits to being a chronic smoker and needs a lung operation ... then, in a show of how addictive the habit can be, is shown lighting a cigarette as he leaves the Drummonds' apartment.

Source: Smoking Is Cool

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