Sedative is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SEDATIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a drug the induces a calm state
• a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect
• A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
• sedative drug
ADJECTIVE:
• promoting calm or inducing sleep
• having a soothing or calming effect
• Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
• allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
• tending to soothe or tranquilize
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a drug that induces a calm state

Words related to SEDATIVE

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Words that contain SEDATIVE

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How to use SEDATIVE in a sentence

• I hurried to my room and swallowed a dose of a sedative which had been given me to procure sleep on my first return from India.
• A favourite resort on account of its mild and sedative climate.
• I needed the air and exercise as a sort of sedative.
• Tobacco may more properly be called a sedative than a narcotic.
• Tobacco, on the other hand, is primarily sedative and relaxing.
• In spite of their failure they were less discouraged than the previous evening, for this failure, in a way, was having a sedative and healthful effect.
• And in respect to yet more perilous sensual excesses, tobacco is now admitted, both by friends and foes, to be quite as much a sedative as a stimulant.
• For five years a bad sleeper, I had latterly developed into a very bad sleeper, and my sedative was accordingly strong.
• Over a couple of half-pints taken as a sedative, he realized the growing seriousness of his position.
• When the door was shut upon them all, and the chamber was quiet, he administered a sedative to his patient and advised him to close his eyes and try to compose himself.
• As for myself, I lit a pipe and smoked it, for I seemed to require a stimulant, or, rather, a sedative.
• She promptly administered a sedative and sat by his bedside.
• And for relaxation and sedative, when he had thoroughly worn himself out with mental toil, he would have recourse to the hardest bodily exercise.
• The one is a sedative, the other an acute stimulant to the nervous system.
• In reality, the work at Westmore became an almost necessary sedative after these flights into the blue.
• In whooping-cough, when a sedative is required but a stimulant is also indicated, ammonium bromide is often invaluable.
• A shorter bath than this will do little good, as the sedative effect will not be obtained.
• This neutral bath has a sedative or quieting effect upon the nerves through its effect upon the innumerable nerve endings in the skin.
• It is particularly appropriate as a seaside resort to persons requiring a soothing and sedative atmosphere.
• The infusion, or the liquid extract, acts as a mild but efficient sedative in nervous indigestion, from twenty to thirty drops of the latter being given for a dose.
• The herb has been long popular as a Simple for making a fever drink, which is thought to be somewhat sedative to the heart, and for helping to cure scurvy.
• A sedative was administered, as many as possible of the shot extracted, and the wounds dressed.
• He, therefore, that desireth to fight with Arjuna should take a sedative.
• He exhibited a powerful sedative, but pounding noises began on the roofs and were audible at a distance of 200 yards, as the doctor himself told Mr.
• The old familiar star-spangled red over which Sara had time after time laid sedative hand against his seeing, sprang out.
• The low murmur of the talk outside, like the distant hum of a waterfall or a mill, was sedative.
• A small cup of hot skimmed milk tends to be a sedative.

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