sedan | (noun) a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors | Synonyms: saloon |
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(noun) a closed litter for one passenger | Synonyms: sedan chair |
sedate | (adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety | Synonyms: staid |
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(adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | Synonyms: grave, sober, solemn |
(verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
sedately | (adverb) in a sedate manner | Synonyms: calmly |
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sedateness | (noun) a trait of dignified seriousness | Synonyms: solemness, solemnity, staidness |
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sedation | (noun) the administration of a sedative agent or drug | Synonyms: drugging |
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(noun) a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent | - |
sedative | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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(noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: depressant, downer, sedative drug |