COMPULSIVE


Meaning of COMPULSIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmpʌlsɪv ]

1.

You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.

...a compulsive liar...

He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.

ADJ : ADJ n

• com‧pul‧sive‧ly

John is compulsively neat and clean, he’s terrified of germs.

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj

2.

If a book or television programme is compulsive , it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading or watching it.

The BBC series Hot Chefs is compulsive viewing...

ADJ

• com‧pul‧sive‧ly

...a series of compulsively readable novels.

ADV : ADV adj

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