sedate

/si'deit/

Thân thiện

The patient must be sedated before the operation.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Dignified, calm, and composed in manner or character: Describes a person, behavior, or atmosphere that is quiet, serious, and not excitable or flashy.
   • Characterized by dignity and propriety: Suggests a deliberate and respectable seriousness.

2. Verb (transitive):

   • To administer a sedative drug to someone: To cause a person or animal to become calm, drowsy, or unconscious, typically for a medical or veterinary procedure.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective: Despite the chaos around her, she remained perfectly sedate.The library had a sedate and scholarly atmosphere.He is a sedate man who prefers quiet evenings at home.

• Verb: The veterinarian will sedate the anxious dog before the examination.Patients are often sedated for major dental surgery.

Advanced Usage

• "Sedately" (adverb): In a calm, dignified, and unhurried manner.

Variants and Related Words

• Sedation (noun): The act of sedating or the state of being sedated.
• Sedative (noun/adjective): (A drug) tending to calm or induce sleep.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Calm, composed, staid, sober, dignified, placid, unflappable.
• Verb: Tranquilize, calm, anesthetize, pacify.

Antonyms

• Adjective: Excitable, flamboyant, agitated, frantic, lively.
• Verb: Stimulate, agitate, excite.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "A sedate pace": A slow, steady, and unhurried speed.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
   • a grave God-fearing man
   • a quiet sedate nature
   • as sober as a judge
   • a solemn promise
   • the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
2. characterized by dignity and propriety

Verb

1. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
   • The patient must be sedated before the operation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• grave
• sober
• solemn
• staid
• calm
• tranquilize
• tranquillize
• tranquillise