Addicting

addicting

Full definition of addicting

whether any of the substances possess addicting properties is very difficult to determine on animals, although efforts are being made to study this aspect of the problem on dogs and monkeys.
1950, Council on Drugs (American Medical Association), New and Nonofficial Drugs, similar in action to codeine salts but when compared with codeine on the basis of weight is more active, and more addicting.
1957, United States Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Juvenile Delinquency (Treatment and Rehabilitation of Juvenile Drug Addicts), When we didn't have narcotics laws, when we could go and buy this stuff like you could candy and potatoes, laudanum was a very addicting drug
1992, Barbara C. Wallace, The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recoveryâ€Ž, Cocaine has been reconceptualized as our most addicting drug and crack is viewed as the most addicting form of cocaine
2000, Robert L. DuPont, The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addictionâ€Ž, That is why smoking and intravenous injection are the routes of administration chosen by addicted people and why these routes of administration are so much more addicting than is oral use of the same drug.

Considered non-standard outside of the United States.

Addictive also has the meaning "characterised by addiction", as in "an addictive personality", which addicting does not.

addicting

1686, John Scott, The Christian Life: From Its Beginning to Its Consummation in Glory, For though in his Nature there is a Tendency to Rational Pleasures, yet this he may, and very frequently does, stifle and extinguish by addicting himself wholly to the Delights and Gratifications of his Sense
1898, New York (State). Dept. of Health, Annual Report, Mr. Johnson's communication states that the preparation "has a large sale, and is addicting the public to its use"