downer

Plural: downers

Noun

• A depressant drug; something that causes sadness or dejection.
• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
• A negative drug trip.
• A drug that has depressant qualities.
• Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
• A livestock animal that has collapsed.
• A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
• A sixpence.

Examples

• Getting a rack full of ’I’s and ’U’s without consonants is a real DOWNER in Scrabble.
• Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.

Synonyms

depressant, sedative, sedative drug, buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport

Related Words

Debbie Downer, Far-Downer, sit-downer