druggie

variants 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 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 These were the cool kids and hipsters, the desperate and burned out, the visionaries and druggies. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025 These were the cool kids and hipsters, the desperate and burned out, the visionaries and druggies. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025 Although his timing is awkward, Matty makes an earnest attempt at encouraging Stanley, advising him to approach the search like a private investigator, earning the trust of fellow druggies who might point Stanley in the right direction. Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 The ickiness increases upon the arrival of Norma’s troubled, much younger grandniece, Maya (Quintessa Swindell), a druggie with intelligence and promise whom Norma has persuaded Narvel to take on as an apprentice. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
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Noun
  • Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The Bad News Bears of M&A Pessina, an M&A enthusiast (some might even say addict) was still caught up in the Walgreens vs. CVS race to be the chain with the most stores.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 June 2025
  • The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2025
  • In July 2022, users of dApps on Polygon and Fantom were served phishing prompts via a DNS attack.
    Viktor Trón, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Here is the essential guide to making your house clean enough to satisfy your most critical inner neat freak and launch you into summer with a house that actually shines.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023

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“Druggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggie. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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