Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A dependency on drugs, especially which are illegal or improperly procured.

    Drogensucht, Drogenabhängigkeit

    наркома́нияnarkománija, наркозави́симостьnarkozavísimostʹ

    наркома́ніяnarkománija, наркозале́жністьnarkozaléžnistʹ

More definitions
  • an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Drug addiction can destroy people's lives.

  2. Tom's drug addiction wrecked his marriage.

    deToms Rauschgiftsucht hat seine Ehe zerstört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Drug addiction is a cancer in modern society.

    ruНаркомания — рак современного общества. — sharptoothed

    deDrogenabhängigkeit ist ein Krebsgeschwür in der modernen Gesellschaft. — Espi

  4. Many people's lives have been destroyed by drug addiction.

  5. Sami had a serious drug addiction.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dependency on illegal drugs:
Русский
By meaning 1
dependency on illegal drugs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dependency on illegal drugs:

Forms

plural: drug addictions
Singulardrug addiction
Pluraldrug addictions

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug):white plague

Word family

1 related words

See also

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