Definitions for sedatives

sedatives sed·a·tive

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

Sedatives is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 375 anagrams from letters in sedatives (adeeisstv).

Definitions for sedatives

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 sedatives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for sedatives
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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