Definitions for sedative

sedative sed·a·tive

Spelling: [sed-uh-tiv]
IPA: /ˈsɛd ə tɪv/

Sedative is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in sedative (adeeistv).

Definitions for sedative

noun

  1. a sedative drug or agent.

adjective

  1. tending to calm or soothe.
  2. allaying irritability or excitement; assuaging pain; lowering functional activity.

Origin of sedative

1375-1425; late Middle English (adj.) (Middle French sédatif) Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, equivalent to Latin sēdāt(us) (see sedate) + -īvus Examples for sedative

They gave a sedative to Methos, the alpha-male wolf, because he seemed particularly anxious.

At 6.23 p.m., a doctor administered the first drug, which corrections officials identified as the sedative midazolam.

If she had possessed any sedative drug she would have taken it.

Used as a sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water.

This piece of information had by no means a sedative effect.

Just as Palmer, taken in sixty-second doses, seems relaxed, so, measured over hours, he seems in need of a sedative.

I brought her here for a sedative; but I find it is no such matter.

Ohio used a mix of midazolam, a sedative, with hydromorphone, a powerful narcotic.

And added, "Indeed, what can we do for sorrow except give the body a sedative?"

Only one thing seemed to calm his wanderlust: “I find an interesting book the only sedative,” he said.

Word Value for sedative
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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