narcotizing
- adjective
- /nɑrˈkɒtəˌzaɪŋ/
- NSFW
- The anesthesia had a narcotizing effect on the patient, causing him to fall into a deep sleep.
Examples
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She avoided painkillers with narcotizing properties, preferring to stay alert after the operation.
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The narcotizing fumes from the chemicals quickly made the workers drowsy.
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The narcotizing effects of the medication were evident.
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Many patients experience narcotizing sensations after receiving anesthesia.
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The medication had a narcotizing effect, making her feel drowsy and unable to stay awake.
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After taking the painkiller, he experienced a narcotizing sensation that made him drift into a deep sleep.
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The powerful sedative was narcotizing, leaving him in a blissfully unconscious state for hours.
Synonyms
To give medicine to make someone calm or sleepy
To give someone a substance to make them sleep or act differently
To give medicine so a person or animal cannot feel pain, often before surgery
To give someone a drug that makes them very sleepy or unconscious
Give medicine so a person or animal does not feel pain during a medical procedure
Antonyms
How Sedating
- Specialized
- NSFW
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Narcotizing comes from an old Greek word narkē, meaning 'numbness' or 'sleep', and it shares its root with the familiar word narcotic. So to narcotize someone is to make them 'numb' or very 'sleepy', which explains its modern meaning of causing drowsiness or unconsciousness.