DRUGGIE Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

druggie

noun

ˈdrə-gē

variants also druggy

Definition of druggie

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 But where a female-friendship show like Tuca & Bertie falls into the trap of presenting relatability at the expense of creativity, YOLO introduces a dynamic that is depraved, boozy, druggy, shaggy, and totally amoral. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me. — Brontez Purnell, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies! — 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 She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie. — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025

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Noun

At its center is a youngish man named Bob Arctor, an undercover cop who starts using drugs in order to infiltrate a house full of addicts in Southern California.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Another one of music’s biggest acts, the beloved country star Jelly Roll, has also been frank about taking care of his mental health, amid personal struggles including his recent divorce as well as being a recovering addict.

— Rob LeDonne, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2026

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Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal authorities can stop advanced AI models from reaching users.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Dazzle, the new venture, is a personal AI assistant that learns from the photos on a user’s phone, said Mayer.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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