Sedate
[sɪ'deɪt]
Definition
(verb.) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; 'The patient must be sedated before the operation'.
(adj.) characterized by dignity and propriety .
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Definition
(a.) Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Calm, composed, collected, quiet, placid, serene, tranquil, still, unruffled, undisturbed, settled, imperturbable, sober, serious, staid, cool, philosophical.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sober, demure, serious, calm, thoughtful, grave, settled, composed,unimpassioned, serene, passive, quiet
ANT:Flighty, frolicsome, indiscreet, unsedate, ruffled, agitated, disturbed
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Definition
adj. quiet: serene: serious.—adv. Sedāte′ly.—n. Sedāte′ness composure: tranquillity.—adj. Sed′ative tending to make sedate: moderating: allaying irritation or pain.—n. a medicine that allays irritation or pain.
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Examples
- Yet while Dr. Bretton continued subdued, and, for him, sedate, he was still observant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were to be humoured, borne with very patiently: a courteous though sedate manner impressed them; a very rare flash of raillery did good. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In time, I doubt not, I shall make her uniformly sedate and decorous, without being unaccountably pensive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Jane looked a little paler than usual, but more sedate than Elizabeth had expected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Sedate and solemn were the score of rubbers in which Mr. Pickwick and the old lady played together; uproarious was the mirth of the round table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pondering, in its suggestive presence, I seemed to see a crazy universe of swinging disks, the toiling children of this sedate parent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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