hooked

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /hʊkt/ UK /hʊkt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
curved like a hook, or addicted to or captivated by something

After one episode she was completely hooked on the series.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · curved like a hook, or... curved bent aquiline addicted obsessedcaptivatedenthralled

Opposites

straight indifferent detached

Word family

Related forms hook unhook

Etymology

From hook + -ed; hook descends from Old English hōc ('hook, angle'), from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

hōc Old English *hōkaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hooked

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /hʊkt/
**IPA (UK):** /hʊkt/

## Meanings
1. curved like a hook, or addicted to or captivated by something

## Examples
- After one episode she was completely hooked on the series.

## Synonyms
- curved
- bent
- aquiline
- addicted
- obsessed
- captivated
- enthralled

## Antonyms
- straight
- indifferent
- detached

## Related Forms
- hook
- unhook

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hōc
- Root: *hōkaz

## Etymology
From hook + -ed; hook descends from Old English hōc ('hook, angle'), from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

## AI Etymology
hooked comes from hook + -ed; hook descends from Old English hōc ('hook, angle'), from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "curved like a hook, or addicted to or captivated by something", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hook and unhook. Its semantic neighborhood includes curved, bent, aquiline, and addicted, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hōc and Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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