sedate Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- severe
- po-faced
- strict
- staid
- unsmiling
- distinguished
- weighty
- uncomic
- harsh
- no-nonsense
- sober
- humorless
- earnest
- grave
- professional
Weak:
Strongest:
- light
- facetious
- humorous
- light
- facetious
- comical
- droll
- jocular
- ridiculous
- funny
- hysterical
- flippant
- comical
- ludic
- jocular
- riotous
- comic
- playful
- joking
- humorous
- flip
- hysterical
- funny
- kittenish
- flippant
- ridiculous
- playful
- comic
- joking
- flip
- kittenish
- riotous
- ludic
- droll
Strong:
- zany
- ludicrous
- zany
- lighthearted
- uproarious
- farcical
- harebrained
- risible
- flighty
- puerile
- ludicrous
- farcical
- hysteric
- puerile
- hilarious
- antic
- unwise
- screaming
- scatterbrained
- uproarious
- silly
- foolish
- insane
- foolish
- goofy
- insane
- harebrained
- mad
- silly
- jesting
- lighthearted
- hysteric
- laughable
- screaming
- laughable
- scatterbrained
- goofy
- antic
- risible
- absurd
- flighty
- absurd
- mad
- unwise
- jesting
- hilarious
- frivolous
- frivolous
Weak:
- half-witted
- light-headed
- nutty
- lunatic
- sidesplitting
- witless
- preposterous
- preposterous
- crazy
- light-headed
- brainless
- daft
- sappy
- cockeyed
- screwball
- daffy
- balmy
- cockeyed
- senseless
- crazy
- screwball
- featherbrained
- dotty
- sappy
- wacky
- lunatic
- balmy
- nonsensical
- kooky
- asinine
- brainless
- daft
- asinine
- whacky
- loony
- fatuous
- daffy
- loony
- witless
- cuckoo
- looney
- nutty
- looney
- nonsensical
- cuckoo
- jerky
- weak-minded
- whacky
- weak-minded
- kooky
- sidesplitting
- fatuous
- wacky
- dotty
- featherbrained
- half-witted
- senseless
- jerky
sedate Meaning
sedate (v)
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
sedate (s)
characterized by dignity and propriety
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
sedate (a.)
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
sedate Sentence Examples
- The veterinarian administered a sedative to calm the anxious cat before the procedure.
- The doctor prescribed a sedating medication for the patient to induce tranquility.
- The elderly woman was given a sedative to help her sleep soundly throughout the night.
- The sedative injections eased the pain and discomfort during the surgery.
- The sedating properties of lavender essential oil can promote relaxation and reduce anxiety.
- The patient's aggressive behavior necessitated the use of a sedative to control outbursts.
- Alcohol can have sedating effects, causing drowsiness and impaired judgment.
- Certain antihistamines have sedative side effects that can make you feel tired.
- The sedate atmosphere of the study hall allowed students to concentrate on their studies.
- The sedative drugs helped the restless child fall asleep and get a good night's rest.
FAQs About the word sedate
cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to, characterized by dignity and propriety, dignified and somber in manner or character and committed t
stern, serious,solemn, severe, po-faced, strict,staid, unsmiling, distinguished, weighty
light, facetious, humorous, light, facetious, comical, droll, jocular, ridiculous, funny
The veterinarian administered a sedative to calm the anxious cat before the procedure.
The doctor prescribed a sedating medication for the patient to induce tranquility.
The elderly woman was given a sedative to help her sleep soundly throughout the night.
The sedative injections eased the pain and discomfort during the surgery.
