sedative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

adj

/ˈsɛdətɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedative.wav

sedative sedatives more sedative most sedative

Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling.

sleeping pill soporific tranquilizer anxiolytic depressant downer ataractic ataraxic

analgosedative equisedative hypnosedative monosedative nonsedative salt sedative sedative salt subsedative

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