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Depressant
Synonyms for "depressant" (124 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 镇静剂 noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Finnish
2 entries- depressantti noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
- lamaute noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Hindi
2 entries- अवनमक noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
- अवसादक noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Indonesian
2 entries- depresan noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
- penenang noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Irish
1 entries- dúlagrán noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Korean
1 entries- 억제제 noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Malay
2 entries- depresen noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
- ڤننڠ noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Māori
1 entries- pūroi haupēhi noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Persian
1 entries- سرکوبکننده noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Welsh
1 entries- iselydd noun (substance which decreases physiological activity)
Sample sentences
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Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
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The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
Source: wiktionary
On the opposite end of the drug side effect spectrum are downers. This slang term refers to CNS depressants, the types of drugs that produce a sedative effect by slowing down the messages sent and received between the central nervous system and the brain.
Source: wiktionary
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