Word family noun depression depressant depressive adjective depressed depressing depressant depressive verb depress adverb depressingly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepressantde‧press‧ant /dɪˈpresənt/ noun [countable] MDa substance or drug that makes your body processes slower and makes you feel very relaxed or sleepy → stimulant —depressant adjectiveExamples from the Corpus
depressant• Slaughterers constantly complained of the stockpile as a depressant keeping prices lower than available tonnages justified.• Marijuana exhibits characteristics of a depressant as well as a stimulant; however, it is classified as neither.• Taking sleeping pills and other depressants can kill you.• Far from being a simple depressant, alcohol is a subtle, complicated drug that exerts a wide range of pharmacological effects.• However, anyone tolerant to barbiturates, alcohol, and other general central nervous system depressants show some cross-tolerance to benzodiazepines. 