Synonyms for sedative
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : sed-uh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛd ə tɪv |
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Définition of sedative
Origin :- "tending to calm or soothe," early 15c., from Medieval Latin sedativus "calming, allaying," from sedat-, past participle stem of sedare, causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The noun derivative meaning "a sedative drug" is attested from 1785. Hence, "whatever soothes or allays."
- adj soothing
- noun soothing agent, medicine
- This piece of information had by no means a sedative effect.
- Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames
- Used as a sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- And added, "Indeed, what can we do for sorrow except give the body a sedative?"
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- If she had possessed any sedative drug she would have taken it.
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- I brought her here for a sedative; but I find it is no such matter.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
- The sedative carried him just as far as that and then he collapsed again.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- She managed to sooth the girl, and gave her a sedative which calmed her nerves.
- Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume
- Hot water acts as a stimulant and antiseptic, as a sedative and as a food.
- Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison
- Jenkins, being summoned at once, prescribed some sedative remedies.
- Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
- But this that I have just had recourse to is soothing and sedative.
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
Antonyms for sedative
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