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also druggy
as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row
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Recent Examples of druggie
But where a female-friendship show like Tuca & Bertie falls into the trap of presenting relatability at the expense of creativity, YOLO introduces a dynamic that is depraved, boozy, druggy, shaggy, and totally amoral.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me.
—Brontez Purnell, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Later, another encounter with James leads both of them to the aforementioned house as the druggie is looking to get rich quick with the $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the kids.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Of the three leads, Rahim is the most unrecognizable, having gone full Jared Leto-in-Dallas Buyers Club to portray a druggie at the very end of his tether.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
The hidden joke of their routines — what even a lot of the long-haired druggie types in the audience didn’t quite get — is that the counterculture was over.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me.
—Brontez Purnell, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Later, another encounter with James leads both of them to the aforementioned house as the druggie is looking to get rich quick with the $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the kids.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Of the three leads, Rahim is the most unrecognizable, having gone full Jared Leto-in-Dallas Buyers Club to portray a druggie at the very end of his tether.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
The hidden joke of their routines — what even a lot of the long-haired druggie types in the audience didn’t quite get — is that the counterculture was over.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggie
Noun
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The Pennsylvania native made her TV acting debut on the HBO hit as Faye, the adrift addict who bonds with Fezco (the late Angus Cloud) and later Rue (Zendaya), after previously establishing herself in adult films, with creator Sam Levinson casting her directly.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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So, Alamo decides to kill Rue in an uncharacteristically anticlimactic fashion — by giving her painkillers laced with fentanyl and trusting that the addict will be tempted enough to swallow them.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Several rooms are adapted for wheelchair users and all of the villas are accessible by wheelchair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The lining features a honeycomb-pattern material that reflects body heat back towards the user, and reportedly reduces heat loss by up to 10%.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
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“Druggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggie. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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