"sedative" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛdətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more sedative [comparative], most sedative [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪv Head templates: {{en-adj}} sedative (comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)
  1. (pharmacology) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects, Drugs Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic Derived forms: salt sedative, sedative salt Translations (calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing): успокоителен (uspokoitelen) (Bulgarian), сънотворен (sǎnotvoren) (Bulgarian), sedant (Catalan), sedativní (Czech), kalmerend (Dutch), rauhoittava (Finnish), unettava (Finnish), nukuttava (Finnish), sédatif (French), beruhigend (German), sedativ (German), ηρεμιστικός (iremistikós) (Greek), sedativo (Italian), sédatif (Norman), sedativo (Portuguese), успокои́тельный (uspokoítelʹnyj) (Russian), седати́вный (sedatívnyj) (Russian), sedatívny (Slovak), sedante (Spanish), sedativo (Spanish), lugnande (Swedish), sövande (Swedish), заспокі́йливий (zaspokíjlyvyj) (Ukrainian), седати́вний (sedatývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sedative-en-adj-z~RVNBjE Disambiguation of Drugs: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛdətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sedative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sedatives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪv Head templates: {{en-noun}} sedative (plural sedatives)
  1. (pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs, Drugs Synonyms (agents that cause sleep): sleeping pill, soporific, tranquilizer Synonyms (other agents that sedate): anxiolytic, depressant, downer Translations (an agent or drug that sedates): مُهَدِّئ (muhaddiʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), مُسَكِّن (musakkin) [masculine] (Arabic), بنج (banj) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), sedant (Catalan), igpahupay (Cebuano), 鎮靜藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇静药 (zhènjìngyào) (Chinese Mandarin), 鎮靜劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇静剂 (zhènjìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), sedativum [neuter] (Czech), kalmeringsmiddel (Dutch), sedativo (Esperanto), trankviligilo (Esperanto), unilääke (Finnish), rauhoituslääke (Finnish), sedatiivi (Finnish), rauhoite (Finnish), sédatif [masculine] (French), Beruhigungsmittel [neuter] (German), ηρεμιστικό (iremistikó) [neuter] (Greek), καταπραϋντικό (katapraÿntikó) [neuter] (Greek), nyugtatószer (Hungarian), obat penenang (Indonesian), sedativo [masculine] (Italian), 鎮静剤 (chinsei-zai) (alt: ちんせいざい) (Japanese), тыныштандыратын дәрі-дәрмек (tynyştandyratyn därı-därmek) (Kazakh), 진정제 (jinjeongje) (Korean), sédatif [masculine] (Norman), sedativo [masculine] (Portuguese), успокои́тельное (uspokoítelʹnoje) [neuter] (Russian), седати́вное сре́дство (sedatívnoje srédstvo) [neuter] (Russian), sedatívum (Slovak), sedante [masculine] (Spanish), sedativo [masculine] (Spanish), lugnande medel (Swedish), sömnmedel (Swedish), заспокійливий засіб (zaspokijlyvyj zasib) (Ukrainian), заспокійливе (zaspokijlyve) [neuter] (Ukrainian), làm dịu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sedative-en-noun-~QFbrVp0 Disambiguation of Drugs: 51 49 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "iremistikó",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
          "word": "鎮静剤"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "uspokoítelʹnoje",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sedatívnoje srédstvo",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
          "word": "sedatívum"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "word": "sedante"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
          "word": "lugnande medel"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
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          "roman": "uspokoítelʹnyj",
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          "word": "успокои́тельный"
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          "roman": "sedatívnyj",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "седати́вный"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "sedatívny"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "sedante"
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          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
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          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "lugnande"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "sövande"
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          "roman": "zaspokíjlyvyj",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "заспокі́йливий"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sedatývnyj",
          "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
          "word": "седати́вний"
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      "sense": "agents that cause sleep",
      "word": "sleeping pill"
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      "word": "soporific"
    },
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      "word": "anxiolytic"
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      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "igpahupay"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "鎮靜藥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhènjìngyào",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "镇静药"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "鎮靜劑"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "镇静剂"
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      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kalmeringsmiddel"
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      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
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    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "trankviligilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "unilääke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "rauhoituslääke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "sedatiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "rauhoite"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sédatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Beruhigungsmittel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iremistikó",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ηρεμιστικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "nyugtatószer"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "obat penenang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedativo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちんせいざい",
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      "roman": "chinsei-zai",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "鎮静剤"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinjeongje",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "진정제"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sédatif"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uspokoítelʹnoje",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "успокои́тельное"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sedatívnoje srédstvo",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "седати́вное сре́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "sedatívum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "lugnande medel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "sömnmedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaspokijlyvyj zasib",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "заспокійливий засіб"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaspokijlyve",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заспокійливе"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an agent or drug that sedates",
      "word": "làm dịu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sedative"
}

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      "word": "salt sedative"
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      "word": "ataractic"
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      "roman": "uspokoitelen",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "успокоителен"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "сънотворен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedant"
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      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedativní"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "kalmerend"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "unettava"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "nukuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sédatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "beruhigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iremistikós",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "ηρεμιστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sédatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uspokoítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "успокои́тельный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sedatívnyj",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "седати́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedatívny"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sedativo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "lugnande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "sövande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaspokíjlyvyj",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "заспокі́йливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sedatývnyj",
      "sense": "calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing",
      "word": "седати́вний"
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}

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