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💊 A pain drug 💊 To give pain medicine 😶 To dull awareness
to opiate

to opiate

8.1
To make someone feel dull and less aware like after taking a strong drug
  • verb
  • /ˈoʊpiˌeɪt/
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  • She feared that too much television would opiate the minds of young viewers.

Examples

  • The long lecture opiated the students, leaving them disinterested and sleepy.

  • Years of routine work had opiated his enthusiasm for new challenges.

  • The constant background music opiated the customers, making them less aware of their surroundings.

  • Don't opiate your mind!

  • She opiated him with her boring stories.

  • After years of monotonous tasks, the job opiated him, draining his passion for creativity.

  • She worried that excessive social media use would opiate her friends, making them less engaged with real-life conversations.

Synonyms

to drug
vsto opiate
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21 7.2

To give someone a substance to make them sleep or act differently

cause stupefying dulling and apathy rather than any substance use
to dope up
vsto opiate
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7 9.4

Give someone drugs to change how they think or act

cause general dulling and apathy instead of lowering performance
to narcotize
vsto opiate
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1 9.5

To give someone a drug that makes them very sleepy or unconscious

produce a general dulling and apathy rather than just sleepiness

Antonyms

to stimulate
236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

to awaken
35 3.7

To make someone become aware of something for the first time

Surface Forms

opiate infinitive
opiated past
opiated past participle
opiating present participle
opiates third person singular

Etymology

Opiate as a verb comes from opium, the 'juice' of the poppy plant known for making people calm and sleepy. That's why to opiate someone can also mean to make them dull or less aware, as if they were drugged.