bad habit
Hard-to-break pattern
A bad habit is a behavior pattern that's hard to break and has negative consequences—smoking, nail-biting, procrastinating, overspending.
The phrase implies the behavior is ingrained rather than occasional: I have a bad habit of interrupting people.
Breaking a bad habit typically requires conscious effort over time.
Extremely tense or anxious
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- scrollingMoving display content vertically
snacking · fidgeting · hair-pulling · checking · ritualistic · impulsive · tapping · rumination
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- junk foodLow-nutrition processed snacks
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- binge drinkingRapid excessive alcohol consumption
inactivity · fast food · sugar · snacking · laziness · poor diet · sleep deprivation · skipping meals
Inhaling burning tobacco
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- substancePhysical material with mass
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
alcohol · dependence · craving · withdrawal · tolerance · relapse · rehabilitation · detoxification
Moral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- self-blameAttributing fault to oneself
denial · rationalization · embarrassment · secrecy · self-criticism · anxiety · stress · comfort
Mental strength resisting impulse
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- relapseReturn to former illness
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
routine · habituation · entrenched · persistent · temptation · pattern · recurrence · triggers
nail-biting
Extremely tense or anxious
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
scrolling · snacking · fidgeting · hair-pulling · checking · ritualistic · impulsive · tapping · rumination · perfectionism
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- junk foodLow-nutrition processed snacks
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
binge drinking · inactivity · fast food · sugar · snacking · laziness · poor diet · sleep deprivation · skipping meals · slouching
smoking
Inhaling burning tobacco
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- substancePhysical material with mass
nicotine · alcohol · dependence · craving · withdrawal · tolerance · relapse · rehabilitation · detoxification · enabler
guilt
Moral self-reproach
self-blame · denial · rationalization · embarrassment · secrecy · self-criticism · anxiety · stress · comfort · coping
willpower
Mental strength resisting impulse
- cravingsIntense desires for something
- relapseReturn to former illness
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
ingrained · routine · habituation · entrenched · persistent · temptation · pattern · recurrence · triggers · cold turkey
- habitshabits, study habits, rituals, daily habits, morning routine
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- faultsfault, flaw, defect, imperfection, shortcoming
bad habitwellness routine
fitness routine · healthy lifestyle · clean living · exercise regimen · mindfulness practice
bad habitvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
discipline · self-control · temperance · self-discipline · moral strength