Depressant - English meaning

noun

A compound of bromine with another element or group, especially a salt containing the anion br− or an organic compound with bromine bonded to an alkyl radical.

noun

A drug used to calm people who are very unhappy or worried

Usage examples:

He took a/some bromide to calm his nerves.

adjective

(of a drug) having a sedative effect.

Usage examples:

It has developed a range of weapons capable of delivering calmative chemicals, including specialize…

noun

A calmative drug.

Usage examples:

This is just what is depicted in the various scenarios envisioned by military planners laying out a…

noun

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Usage examples:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

noun

A depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate.

Usage examples:

During that week i was heavily doped on downers

noun

An event or experience that makes you unhappy and lacking in hope, confidence, or energy

Usage examples:

Your car’s been stolen? that’s a real downer!

adjective

Relating to or producing hypnosis.

Usage examples:

A hypnotic state

noun

A sleep-inducing drug.

Usage examples:

Hypnotics may be prescribed

adjective

Relating to or causing hypnosis

Usage examples:

A hypnotic trance, the hypnotic rhythm of the waves

noun

A drug described in homer's odyssey as banishing grief or trouble from a person's mind.

Usage examples:

Alcohol and morphine - nepenthe means numbing the soul, numbing your soul.

adjective

(of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.

Usage examples:

A number of the older tricyclic antidepressants, typical neuroleptic medications and, more recently…

noun

A neuroleptic drug; a major tranquillizer.

Usage examples:

The drugs used for schizophrenia are antipsychotics or neuroleptics (major tranquillizers).

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.

Usage examples:

The use of opiate drugs

noun

A drug derived from or related to opium.

Usage examples:

The opiates are known to have natural counterparts called endorphins

verb

Dull the senses of (someone) with or as if with opium.

Usage examples:

He grew old and soft, opiating himself into a dreaming bliss

adjective

Promoting calm or inducing sleep.

Usage examples:

The seeds have a sedative effect

noun

A drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.

Usage examples:

She won't let them give her sedatives because of the baby

noun

A person or animal who is asleep or who sleeps in a specified way.

Usage examples:

He was a light sleeper, for long periods an insomniac

adjective

Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.

Usage examples:

The motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect

noun

A drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep.

Usage examples:

The meal was light - perhaps eggs and a posset (hot milk fortified with sugar, spices, eggs, and wi…

adjective

Causing sleep or making a person want to sleep

Usage examples:

The soporific effect of the heat

adjective

(chiefly of a drug) causing semi-consciousness.

noun

A stupefacient drug.

Usage examples:

In his column george will wrote that our yearly consumption of stupefacients amounts to $50 billion.

noun

Another term for tranquillizer.

Usage examples:

It's bad news mixing tranks and booze

noun

A medicinal drug taken to reduce tension or anxiety.

Usage examples:

Medications prescribed most frequently for this population are psychoactive drugs such as sleeping …

noun

A drug used to make a person or animal calmer

Usage examples:

She was on tranquillizers for a long time after her son died.