hooked
Caught and obsessed
Hooked describes something curved or bent like a hook: a hooked beak, a hooked nose.
More commonly, hooked means captivated or addicted—caught as if by a hook.
You can be hooked on a TV series, hooked on caffeine, or hooked on gambling.
I was hooked from the first episode.
The word spans enthusiasm to dependency.
Having sharp projections
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- crookedBent or dishonest
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
crescent · claw · talon · gaff · grapple · snag · catch · pronged
Wholly absorbed in something
- fascinatedIntensely absorbed and curious
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- absorbedTook in fully
- grippedHeld with pressure
riveted · spellbound · drawn in · mesmerized · intrigued · immersed · captivated · engaged
Powerful urge to have
- dependenceState of needing another
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- habitSettled regular tendency
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
fixation · withdrawal · tolerance · relapse · recovery · dopamine · enabler · binge
barbed
Having sharp projections
sickle · crescent · claw · talon · gaff · grapple · snag · catch · pronged · pointed
engrossed
Wholly absorbed in something
- fascinatedIntensely absorbed and curious
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- absorbedTook in fully
gripped · riveted · spellbound · drawn in · mesmerized · intrigued · immersed · captivated · engaged · attentive
craving
Powerful urge to have
- dependenceState of needing another
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- habitSettled regular tendency
obsession · fixation · withdrawal · tolerance · relapse · recovery · dopamine · enabler · binge · can't stop
angler
One who casts lines
rod · reel · line · tackle · cast · landed · fly-fishing · trolling · sinker · bobber
velcro
Fabric fastener using hooks
secured · linked · connected · latched · caught · snagged · anchored · coupled · affixed · tethered
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- fishing idiomsfish out of water, the one that got away, fishing for compliments, fish or cut bait, bigger fish to fry
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
- horn shapescurved, spiral, twisted, straight, crescent
- golf mishitstopped, chunked, shanked, sliced, thinned
- fastening statesfastened, unfastened, locked, unlocked, latched
hookedindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
uninterested · disinterested · unenthusiastic · bored · apathetic
- hook upConnect or couple casually
- off the hookReleased from responsibility
- hooked upConnected to a system
- hooking upCasual sexual encounter
- fish hookBarbed tackle for catching
- on the hookBearing responsibility for something
hook, hooks, hooking, unhook, unhooked, fishhook, skyhook, meathook, rehooked