depressant
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- noun
- /dɪˈprɛsənt/
- Specialized
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depresor
- If you have medications, depressants in your house, keep them secure.
- central nervous system depressants
- nervous system depressants
- CNS depressants
And as soon as you stop the depressant now it's going to throw you so hard.
- And as soon as you stop the depressant now it's going to throw you so hard.
- The thing about tequila is it's a stimulant instead of a depressant.
- It's fucking freely available, wide, widely legal, self administered depressant.
Examples
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- A group of drugs called opiates are classed as depressants.
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Chloroform is a progressive depressant.
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"A central nervous system depressant might help," I said.
Fiction book (2001) -
But how does a depressant drug like valium... ...really help him to accept his condition?
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Recently, I went back to taking my anti-depressants, and today I'm starting to feel so much better.
Blog text (7) -
As we've talked about, alcohol's a depressant, you know, doesn't really have too much benefit for you.
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Sedatives (benzodiazepines and GHB) are central nervous system depressants; they slow normal brain function.
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Sedatives like benzodiazepines are effective depressants that help calm anxious patients.
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Herbal teas often contain natural depressants that can help you relax before bed.
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Some common over-the-counter medications are classified as depressants because they can induce sleepiness.
Synonyms
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A drug that calms a person and helps them sleep
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A medicine that makes a person calmer and reduces worry or tension without making them sleepy
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A drug that makes you feel calm and less excited
A medicine that calms you and makes you sleepy
Antonyms
How Sedating
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Depressant comes from the parts de- 'down' and press 'to push', from the Latin deprimere meaning 'to press down'. Think of a depressant as something that 'presses down' the brain and body, making them slower or calmer, so a depressant is a drug that lowers nervous activity.