quietive

NOUN

sedative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

medication narcotic opiate sleeping pill

STRONG

analgesic anodyne barbiturate depressant dope downer drug hypnotic pacifier tranquillizer

WEAK

calmant calmative knockout pill nerve medicine pain pill pain-killer

Antonyms

WEAK

antidepressant

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The hero, on whom at last this knowledge has acted as a quietive, gives up, not merely life, but the whole will to live.

From Schopenhauer by Whittaker, Thomas

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