hooked

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hooked

  • /hʊkt/

Rhymes with -ʊkt

Where it comes from

From hook + -ed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of hook

adjective more hooked · most hooked

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

    Similar: bent, crooked, curved

  2. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing. He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.

    Similar: addicted

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crooked, addicted, strung-out, dependant, dependent, aquiline, drug-addicted, hamate, hamose, clipped, pinned, entangled, hung, latch, bit, adunc

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adj having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook

Españolganchudo
Deutschhakenförmig
Italianouncinato, adunco, aquilino
Ελληνικάαγκιστροειδής agkistroeidís, αγκιστρωτός agkistrotós
Русскийкрючкова́тый krjučkovátyj

adj addicted; unable to resist or cease doing

Españolenviciado, enganchado (a)
中文入坑 rùkēng
Françaisaccro
Deutschsüchtig
Русскийзави́симый zavísimyj

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@misc{hooked_2026,
  title = {hooked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hooked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}