What is another word for compulsive ?

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.”

Adjective

Irresistible or absorbing

mesmerising^UK

mesmerizing^US

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

marvellous^UK

galvanising^UK

marvelous^US

galvanizing^US

giving one food for thought

energizing^US

energising^UK

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.”

Adjective

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

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

Adjective

Excessive, as results from obsession

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

enamored of^UK

very enthusiastic about

in the habit of using

jonesing on

given to abusing

wedded to

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Adjective

like a cat on a hot tin roof

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

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of agitation

having butterflies in the stomach

having a funny feeling

at the end of your tether

driven to distraction

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

chaotic

energetic

with your heart in your mouth

like a fish out of water

with one's stomach in knots

put out

shaking in one's shoes

bummed out

scared out of your wits

broken up

cut up

frightened out of your wits

traumatized^US

not knowing what to do with oneself

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

tearing one's hair out

traumatised^UK

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

enamored^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

like Piccadilly Circus

enamoured^UK

enamored of^UK

in a frenzy of delight

in raptures

over the moon

blissed out

in transports of delight

like a chicken with its head cut off

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Adjective

with both feet on the ground

Reasonable and convincing

organized^US

organised^UK

not taking no for an answer

pellucid

like enough

very likely

within the bounds of possibility

not beating about the bush

straight from the shoulder

leaving nothing to the imagination

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Adjective

with eyes bigger than one's stomach

Wanting or devouring great quantities of food

faint from lack of food

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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Adjective

not backward in coming forward

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

on one's mettle

having killer instinct

serious-minded

writ in stone

sticking to one's guns

as stubborn as a mule

proof against persuasion

meaning what one says

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

nose to the grindstone

intensely competitive

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

as tough as old boots

recognized^US

not subject to change

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

recognised^UK

honorable^US

honourable^UK

full of the joys of spring

full of beans

full of vim and vigour

bright and breezy

full of pep

full of get-up-and-go

have chip on shoulder

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Adjective

Very strong

foetid^UK

fetid^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

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Adjective

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