downer
A negative drug tripA negative drug trip.
» Was the cliffhanger a downer or did it whet your appetite for more?
Значення
значень: 6(сленг)A negative drug trip.
Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.
(сленг)Any drug that has depressant qualities.
Downer
(сленг)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.
(Британія, застаріле, сленг)A sixpence.
- a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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речень: 6Was the cliffhanger a downer or did it whet your appetite for more?
This is a downer.
She was on a downer.
I was sort of expecting it, but it was still a bit of a downer.
deIch habe ja schon irgendwie damit gerechnet, aber es war trotzdem eine ziemliche Enttäuschung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is such a Debby Downer.
deTom ist so ein Spaßverderber! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Походження
Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”).Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”).
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множина: downersСиноніми
синонімів: 6- a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person:sedativesedative drugdepressant