During his teens and twenties, Tom was a party animal, but he now lives a sedate life with his wife Mary, and children.
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Sedate
//səˈdeɪt//
Synonyms for "sedate" (167 found)
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Adjective(33 words)
Verb(4 words)
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24 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- спокоен adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- уравновесен adj (in a composed and temperate state)
Catalan
2 entries- sedar verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
- tranquil·litzar verb (to make tranquil)
Finnish
4 entries- hillitty adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- rauhallinen adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- tyyni adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- antaa rauhoittavia verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
German
2 entries- ruhig stellen verb (to make tranquil)
- sedieren verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
Irish
1 entries- státúil adj (in a composed and temperate state)
Italian
2 entries- sedare verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
- sedare verb (to make tranquil)
Latin
2 entries- sēdātus adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- sēdō verb (to make tranquil)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آغر adj (in a composed and temperate state)
- دولك adj (in a composed and temperate state)
Portuguese
2 entries- sedar verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
- tranquilizar verb (to make tranquil)
Slovak
1 entries- pokojný adj (in a composed and temperate state)
Spanish
2 entries- sedar verb (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug)
- tranquilizar verb (to make tranquil)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Dan tried to attack the psychiatrist, but the orderlies managed to subdue him and sedate him.
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Then Dido thus, with downcast look sedate: / "Take courage, Trojans, and dismiss your fear. / My kingdom's newness and the stress of Fate / force me to guard far off the frontiers of my state."
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Yanni wanted to sedate Skura.
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