addictive

3 definitions • 4 examples

An addictive drug is one that you cannot stop taking once you have started:

Tobacco is highly addictive.

An addictive activity or food is one that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started:

The problem with video games is that they're addictive.

These nuts are addictive - I can't stop eating them.

a set of characteristics that mean that you very quickly become addicted to drugs, food, alcohol, etc.:

He's got an addictive personality.