Junky — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a narcotics addict

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈʌŋki/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈʌŋki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈʌŋki/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈʌŋki/.

Examples

a golf addict
a car nut
a bodybuilding freak

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

addict drug addict freak junkie nut

Parts of Speech

noun	a narcotics addict
noun	someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction “a golf addict”

Word Forms

addict

verb

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Junkie

ein Drogenabhängiger

🇫🇷French

junkie

un toxicomane

🇪🇸Spanish

drogadicto

un adicto a los narcóticos

🇮🇹Italian

drogato

un tossicodipendente

🇳🇱Dutch

junk

een drugsverslaafde

🇵🇹Portuguese

viciado

um viciado em narcóticos

🇷🇺Russian

наркоман

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जून्की

एक नशीले पदार्थ का आदी

🇧🇩Bengali

জাঙ্কি

একজন মাদকাসক্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

குப்பை

ஒரு போதைக்கு அடிமையானவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

వ్యర్థమైన

ఒక మత్తుపదార్థాల బానిస

🇮🇳Marathi

जंकी

अंमली पदार्थांचे व्यसनी

🇮🇳Gujarati

જંકી

માદક દ્રવ્યોનો વ્યસની

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಂಕಿ

ಮಾದಕ ವ್ಯಸನಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജങ്കി

ഒരു മയക്കുമരുന്നിന് അടിമ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਬਾੜ

ਇੱਕ ਨਸ਼ੀਲੇ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਦਾ ਆਦੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

فضول

ایک منشیات کا عادی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瘾君子

吸毒成瘾者

🇯🇵Japanese

ジャンキー

麻薬中毒者

🇰🇷Korean

마약 중독자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người nghiện rượu

một người nghiện ma túy

🇹🇭Thai

ขยะแขยง

ผู้ติดยาเสพติด

🇮🇩Indonesian

bermutu rendah

seorang pecandu narkotika

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مدمن

مدمن مخدرات

🇮🇷Persian

آشغال

یک معتاد به مواد مخدر

🇹🇷Turkish

müptelası

uyuşturucu bağımlısı

🇮🇱Hebrew

זבל

מכור לסמים

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The primary meaning of 'junky' is 'a narcotics addict'.

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