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Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge

Irresistible or absorbing

Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge

Resulting from or acting from a compulsion

(in non-technical use) Abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious

Obsessively concerned with something

Wanting or devouring great quantities of food

Reasonable and convincing

Passionately motivated to achieve one's goals

Very strong

Drug abuser

Exhilarating or exciting

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Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge

“Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves.”

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Irresistible or absorbing

mesmerising^UK

mesmerizing^US

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

marvellous^UK

galvanising^UK

marvelous^US

galvanizing^US

colourful^UK

colorful^US

likable^US

likeable^UK

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

appetizing^US

appetising^UK

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

like an explosion in a paint factory

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“Her snappy asides, unconstrained mix of observational humour and rants on life's irritations make for lucid, compulsive viewing.”

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Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge

Adjective

Resulting from or acting from a compulsion

honourable^UK

honorable^US

lodged in one's brain

recognized^US

recognised^UK

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“He became a compulsive traveller, spending a year on the Ivory Coast in 1931 and making many photographs.”

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(in non-technical use) Abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious

like a cat on a hot tin roof

willful

prima donna-ish

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of agitation

having a funny feeling

ill-humored^US

driven to distraction

quick to take offence

at the end of your tether

like a fish out of water

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

with one's stomach in knots

with butterflies in one's stomach

with one's heart in one's mouth

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

fatigued

lacking social skills

shaking in one's shoes

concerning

tearing one's hair out

refractory

tied up in knots

butterflies in stomach

lacking self-confidence

terrorized^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

having butterflies in the stomach

sombre^UK

somber^US

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

at the end of one's tether

with one's back up against the wall

up against it

under the cosh

at the end of one's rope

terrorised^UK

traumatized^US

in fear and trepidation

very scared

pushing the panic button

agonized^US

agonised^UK

traumatised^UK

racked with suffering

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

all wound up

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Obsessively concerned with something

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

untrammeled^US

very enthusiastic about

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

enamored of^UK

extremely enthusiastic

in the habit of using

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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food

faint from lack of food

with eyes bigger than one's stomach

have eyes bigger than one's stomach

unable to be satisfied

feeling faint from hunger

on empty stomach

dying from lack of food

with one's stomach thinking one's throat's cut

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Reasonable and convincing

beyond a shadow of a doubt

as plain as a pikestaff

domineering

ambitious

staring one in the face

not taking no for an answer

within the bounds of possibility

beyond the shadow of a doubt

no ifs ands or buts about it

not beating about the bush

straight from the shoulder

colourful^UK

favorable^US

favourable^UK

colorful^US

leaving nothing to the imagination

energizing^US

full of vim and vigour

full of get-up-and-go

energising^UK

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Passionately motivated to achieve one's goals

galvanised^UK

galvanized^US

full of determination

focused^US

focussed^UK

standing one's ground

committed to the idea of

not backward in coming forward

on one's mettle

having killer instinct

writ in stone

tyrannical

beyond a shadow of a doubt

as stubborn as a mule

meaning what one says

proof against persuasion

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

sticking to one's guns

nose to the grindstone

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

pedantic

religious

fussy

intensely competitive

as tough as old boots

endeavoring^US

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

not subject to change

honorable^US

honourable^UK

have chip on shoulder

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Very strong

foetid^UK

fetid^US

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Drug abuser

Adjective

Exhilarating or exciting

galvanising^UK

galvanizing^US

energizing^US

energising^UK

giving one food for thought

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

never to be forgotten

colourful^UK

colorful^US

beyond the realm of reason

beyond wildest dreams

beyond your wildest dreams

sweeping

like a dream come true

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

beggaring description

beyond words

top drawer

beyond one's wildest dreams

coloured^UK

colored^US

aesthetic^UK

as pretty as a picture

esthetic^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

not able to hold water

out of the question

cock and bull

cock-and-bull

not in the least likely

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