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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
Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggie
Noun
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That’s the core difference between gamblers and other addicts.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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We’re simply left alone with an addict and his feelings—or, occasionally, his seeming lack of them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Kraus, who studies gambling disorders, attributes the growing popularity of parlays less to the users, and more to the sportsbooks.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The tablet is highly absorbent, helping hold menstrual blood in place and reduce spills, which is one of the biggest challenges users face when removing menstrual cups.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Anthony Richardson suffered an orbital fracture in a freak pregame accident before Sunday's Week 6 win over the Arizona Cardinals.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson missed the team’s Week 6 game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday after suffering an orbital eye fracture in a freak elastic band accident during pregame warmups.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Druggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggie. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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