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1. (adj.) sedative
tending to calm or soothe.
2. sedative
assuaging pain or allaying irritability or excitement.
3. (n.) sedative
a sedative drug or agent.
Etymology: (1375–1425; (adj.) (< MF sédatif) < ML sēdātīvus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
2. (adj) ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising
tending to soothe or tranquilize
"valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sedative
tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
2. (adj) sedative
allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain
3. (noun) sedative
a remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain
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Sense: (a medicine, drug etc) having a soothing or calming effect
This medicine will have a sedative effect.
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 Afrikaans: kalmerend |
 Arabic: مُسَكِّن |
 Bulgarian: седатив/ен |
 Brazilian: sedativo |
 Czech: utišující (prostředek) |
 German: das Beruhigungsmittel, be |
 Danish: beroligende |
 Greek: καταπραϋντικό(ς), ηρεμιστ |
 Spanish: sedante |
 Estonian: rahustav |
 Farsi: داروي آرام بخش |
 Finnish: rauhoittava |
 French: calmant |
 Hebrew: סַם הַרגָעָה |
 Hindi: उपशामक, शमक, औषधि |
 Croatian: koji smiruje (sredstvo za |
 Hungarian: nyugtató(szer) |
 Indonesian: obat penenang |
 Icelandic: róandi lyf |
 Italian: sedativo |
 Japanese: 鎮痛剤 |
 Korean: 진정, 진정작용의 |
 Lithuanian: raminamoji priemonė; rami |
 Latvian: nomierinošas zāles; nomie |
 Malay: sedatif |
 Dutch: sedatief |
 Norwegian: beroligende (middel) |
 Polish: środek uśmierzający/uspok |
 Persian: داروي آرام بخش |
 Pashto: سوكه كوونكى، هوسا كوونكى، |
 Portuguese: sedativo |
 Romanian: sedativ, calmant |
 Russian: успокоительное (средство) |
 Slovak: utišujúci; utišujúci pros |
 Slovenian: pomirjevalo |
 Serbian: sedativ |
 Swedish: lugnande [medel] |
 Thai: ยาระงับประสาท |
 Turkish: yatıştırıcı/sakinleştirci |
 Taiwanese: 鎮靜劑 |
 Ukrainian: снотворний засіб; заспокі |
 Urdu: مسکن دوا |
 Vietnamese: thuốc giảm đau |
 Chinese: 镇静剂 |
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