EN

Synonyms for hooked

  • adjective

Most common

strung-out addicted aquiline hamate uncinate hooklike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Bent — having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook

bent, curved, crooked

2. Strung-out

strung-out, dependent US, dependant UK

Other

addicted, aquiline, hamate, uncinate, hooklike

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

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

  2. adj. 2

    Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

    You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.

Related words

Word family
hookedness
Phrases
hooked cross hooked bracket hooked e

Example sentences

  • addicted Tom is addicted to Coke, but he doesn't like Pepsi.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hookedrising
addictedrising
aquilinerising
hamaterising
uncinaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
bent1
6 letters
curved1, hamate
7 letters
crooked2
8 letters
addicted3, aquiline, uncinate, hooklike
9 letters
dependent3, dependant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crooked2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
busqué
Italiano
arcuato