compulsiveadjective
uk/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv/us/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv/C2 doing something a lot and unable to stop doing it:
a compulsive liar/thief/eater
compulsive gambling
a compulsive eating disorder
C2 If a film, play, sports event, book, etc. is compulsive, it is so interesting or exciting that you do not want to stop watching or reading it:
I always find programmes about hospitals compulsive viewing.
Her latest book is compulsive reading/a compulsive read.
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Addiction
- -aholic
- addicted
- addictive
- alcoholism
- be a slave to sth idiom
- chemical dependency
- cure
- cure sb of sth
- detoxification
- dipsomania
- dipsomaniac
- drunk
- drunkard
- dry out
- habit-forming
- kick
- pledge
- the DTs
- wean sb off sth
- withdrawal symptoms
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Exciting and interesting
compulsively
adverb uk/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.li/us/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.li/
too much and in a way that shows you are unable to stop:
She exercises/cleans/works compulsively.
compulsiveness
noun [ U ] uk/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.nəs/us/kəmˈpʌl.sɪv.nəs/