hooked

English

Etymology

From hook +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ho͝okt, IPA^(key): /hʊkt/

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• Rhymes: -ʊkt

Verb

hooked

1. simple past and past participle of hook

Adjective

hooked (comparative more hooked, superlative most hooked)

1. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

   a hooked nose

2. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

   He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.

   You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.

Synonyms

• (resembling a hook): bent, crooked, curved
• (addicted): addicted

Translations

having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook

• Bulgarian: изкривен като кука (izkriven kato kuka)
• Catalan: ganxut
• Finnish: koukkumainen
• Galician: ganchudo (gl)
• German: hakenförmig
• Greek: αγκιστροειδής (el) (agkistroeidís)
• Italian: a uncino, a forma di uncino, adunco (it), aquilino (it)
• Latin: hāmātus, obuncus
• Polish: haczykowaty (pl)
• Russian: крючкова́тый (ru) (krjučkovátyj)
• Spanish: curvado (es), ganchudo (es), aguileño (es)

addicted; unable to resist or cease doing

• Finnish: koukussa (fi), riippuvainen (fi)
• French: accro (fr)
• German: süchtig (de)
• Russian: зави́симый (ru) (zavísimyj)
• Spanish: adicto (es), enviciado (es), atrapado (es), enganchado (es)

Anagrams

• dehook