1 (of behaviour) that is difficult to stop or control:
compulsive eating / spending / gambling
2 (of people) not being able to control their behaviour:
a compulsive drinker / gambler / liar
3 that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting:
The programme made compulsive viewing.
compulsively adverb:
She watched him compulsively. * a compulsively readable book
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is compulsive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, compulsive is tagged as adjective.
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