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withdrawal

withdrawal

50 4.8
The physical and mental problems after you stop taking a drug you use regularly
  • noun
  • /wɪðˈdrɔːəl/
  • NSFW
translation icon : abstinencia
  • The opioid withdrawal program is a four-week project.
  • withdrawal symptoms
  • mood changes during withdrawal
  • withdrawal and depression

Is that process the clock, the withdrawal, the tripping out the cold Turkey.

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Examples

  • I have these pills I need to take, and if I don't, I go through withdrawal.

  • He admitted that he was struggling with withdrawal after giving up alcohol for his health.

  • Can we do anything to get her through this withdrawal a little faster?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • And so I would run out of pills all the time and I would go through withdrawal all the time.

  • Well, you know, when you have an addiction and when it's taken away, you have withdrawal effects.

  • However, withdrawal is better than not withdrawing at all.

  • Ms. Owen knew April had problems with mood swings, withdrawal, and fits of anger.

    Academic text (1997)
  • He is going through withdrawals, he's sick.

  • I'd describe the withdrawal from nicotine as a mild, empty, slightly insecure feeling.

  • She's in drug withdrawal.

Synonyms

drug withdrawal
vswithdrawal
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1 4.8

Physical and mental symptoms that happen after stopping a medicine

is the act of stopping use, emphasising cessation after developing dependence

Antonyms

1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

Compounds

withdrawal symptom
  • Specialized
7 4.8

A physical and mental problem that happens after stopping use of an addictive drug

1 4.8

Physical and mental symptoms that happen after stopping a medicine

Removing money from a bank account at an ATM or bank

3.9

The official removal of a medicine from sale by authorities or makers because it is unsafe

A way to avoid pregnancy by pulling the penis out before ejaculation

How Low

withdrawal
  • NSFW
50 4.8
comedown
  • NSFW
1 6.9
letdown
27 3.4

Surface Forms

withdrawal singular
withdrawals plural

Morphology

withdrawal = withdraw (transparent) = withdraw + al

The noun is directly formed from the verb 'withdraw' with the nominalizing suffix '-al', indicating the act or result of withdrawing.

Etymology

Withdrawal comes from the verb withdraw, which splits into with- 'back' and draw 'pull', so it is like 'pulling back'. That's why a drug withdrawal is the process of the body and mind pulling away from a drug.