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dope sick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
dope sick
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Ill due to withdrawal from drugs, especially opiates; in withdrawal.

Slang

Etymology

From dope + sick.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more dope sick (comparative) most dope sick (superlative) dopesick (alternative)

Phrases

dope sickness dope fiend strung out

Frequently Paired Words

dope fiend fiending strung out

Synonyms

junk sick

Questions

What does dope sick mean?
Ill due to withdrawal from drugs, especially opiates; in withdrawal.
Where does dope sick come from?
From dope + sick.

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