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opiated

opiated

8.5
Feeling very sleepy and slow after taking strong pain medicine
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊpiˌeɪtɪd/
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translation icon : opiáceo
  • She occasionally felt opiated after using prescribed pain relief for her surgery.

Examples

  • Coming to him in opiated clips.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After taking the medication, he felt opiated and struggled to stay awake.

  • The patient appeared opiated during the consultation, slurring his words and nodding off.

Synonyms

narcotized
vsopiated
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9.0

Feeling very sleepy and not fully aware because of strong pain medicine

refers to drowsiness from a specific class of pain medicines not all sedatives
druggy
vsopiated
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8.1

Feeling very sleepy and slow after taking medicine or pills

refers to drowsiness from a specific class of pain medicines rather than general drug effects
doped
vsopiated
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7.9

Affected by drugs that make a person sleepy or confused

describes milder sleepy dullness from certain pain medicines rather than heavy impairment
deadened
vsopiated
6.0

A part of the body that has no feeling so you cannot feel touch

refers to drug-caused drowsiness and mental dullness rather than numbness

Antonyms

sober
269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

alert
137 3.5

A state of being ready and watchful for possible danger

How Drowsy

unconscious
243 4.2
opiated
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8.5
sleepy
142 1.0
alert
82 2.8

Surface Forms

opiated positive

Morphology

opiated = opiate (transparent) = opiate + ed

Formed from the base 'opiate' with the regular adjectival/participial suffix '-ed', meaning 'affected by opiates', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Opiated comes from opium, the drug made from the poppy plant, and from opiate, the name for medicines like that which make people very 'sleepy'. So, to be opiated is to show the slow, dull, or drowsy effects that opium or similar medicines cause.