druggy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌɡi

Etymology 1

From drug +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Noun

druggy (plural druggies)

1. Alternative spelling of druggie

Etymology 2

From drug +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

druggy (comparative druggier, superlative druggiest)

1. Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc.
   • 2023 April 10, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:addict

Derived terms

• druggily
• drugginess

 

Anagrams

• grudgy