compulsive | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

Definition of compulsive – Learner’s Dictionary

compulsive
adjective
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/kəmˈpʌlsɪv/ us

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compulsive adjective (HABIT)

A compulsive habit is something that you do a lot because you want to so much that you cannot control yourself:
a compulsive eating disorder

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 a compulsive eater/gambler/liar, etc
someone who is unable to stop eating/lying, etc, despite knowing that they should stop

compulsive adjective (INTERESTING)

so interesting or exciting that you cannot stop reading, playing, or watching it:
This documentary about life in prison makes compulsive viewing.

compulsively

adverb
(Definition of compulsive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of compulsive

in Chinese (Traditional)
難以抑制的, 強烈衝動引起的, 強迫性的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
难以抑制的, 强烈冲动引起的, 强迫性的…
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in Spanish
compulsivo, absorbente, compulsivo/iva [masculine-feminine]…
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in Portuguese
compulsivo, fascinante, compulsivo/-va [masculine-feminine]…
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nałogowy, fascynujący…
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engellenemez, önüne geçilemez, kontrolsüz…
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compulsif/-ive, invétéré/-ée…
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tvingende, tvangs-, avhengig…
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непреодолимый, увлекательный…
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