habit-forming

[ hab-it-fawr-ming ]

/ ˈhæb ɪtˌfɔr mɪŋ /

tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.

Origin of habit-forming

First recorded in 1895–1900

habilitate, habima, habiru, habit, habit spasm, habit-forming, habitable, habitan, habitancy, habitant, habitat

It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.

The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win |W.C. Heinz |January 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Language-study is essentially a habit-forming process, so we must learn to form habits.

The Principles of Language-Study |Harold E. Palmer
The statement made by its manufacturers that this preparation is free from narcotics or habit-forming drugs is not true.

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 |Various
No wonder, then, that many a one of these patients takes to the use of habit-forming drugs to produce sleep.

Psychotherapy |James J. Walsh

He knows that in the stock of habit-forming drugs that he uses in his profession lies the material which will brace him up.

Habits that Handicap |Charles B. Towns
Tobacco Redeemer contains no habit-forming drugs of any kind.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 |Various

habit-forming

(of an activity, indulgence, etc) tending to become a habit or addiction

habit-forming

Capable of leading to physiological or psychological dependence.