downer in English

noun
1
a depressant or tranquilizing drug, especially a barbiturate.
So-called benzos - benzodiazepines include prescription downers such as Valium and Xanax - are commonly mixed with methadone.
2
a dispiriting or depressing experience or factor.
the thought of the danger his son was in put something of a downer on the situation
3
a cow or other animal that is sick or injured and cannot get to its feet unaided.
Two weeks later, USDA claims the animal was a downer despite an already clear line of established evidence to the contrary.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "downer" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "downer", or refer to the context using the word "downer" in the English Dictionary.

1. Your party's a smash or a downer.

2. The music, though laughable, isn't the main downer.

3. Women do not go for that whole... constipated Debbie Downer look.

4. Broadspectrum Australia Pty. Ltd.'s top competitors include Downer, John Holland and GHD

5. Antonyms for Analeptic include downer, sleeping pill, sedative, tranquilizer, depressant, calmant, tranquilliser, block, discouragement and hindrance

6. I hate to be a downer, but it' s getting really late

7. Amazing Slow Downer is the ideal tool for any musician, transcriber or dancer wanting to improve their skills

8. 23 In the aftermath of the Detroit downer, Damon did not mope around his Orlando home.

9. Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer KBE (7 April 1910 – 30 March 1981) was an Australian politician and diplomat

10. 28 At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama scientists dosed spiders with marijuana, the "downer" chloral hydrate, the "upper" Benzedrine and on caffeine.

11. FRDRIC MISTRAL CHARLES ALFRED DOWNER And his glance, anxious and Beseeching, sought the Nabob, as though to demand his pardon for all these paradoxical impertinences

12. Rousseau awaits its reader.’ ‘It definitely was a downer, but Tyson Creased the paper and shrugged it off nonetheless, with the reminder that he would see his father again.’

13. Rousseau awaits its reader.’ ‘It definitely was a downer, but Tyson Creased the paper and shrugged it off nonetheless, with the reminder that he would see his father again.’

14. Downer -- Three handwritten sheets of data -- Certificate of assay -- Bimetallist: Ouray County, Colorado / Maynard Ayler -- The Bimetallist group of mining claims in Mount Sneffels mining district, Ouray County, Colorado -- Bimetallist claim map and section -- Half sheet of assay information

15. Curates Cottage benefits from numerous seating areas, outside the conservatory is a wonderful patio area with seating around an attractive pond and at the back of the kitchen a sun downer patio which is lovely to enjoy the sunset with a glass of something cool.