Narcotic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|nɑːrˈkɑːtɪk|
Brit.
|nɑːˈkɒtɪk|
noun
- a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
adjective
- inducing stupor or narcosis
narcotic drugs
- inducing mental lethargy (syn: soporific)a narcotic speech
Extra examples
...some therapists believe that certain scents can have a narcotic effect on people...
...the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake...
...federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country...
I feel the effect of the narcotic.
Word forms
noun
singular: narcotic
plural: narcotics
singular: narcotic
plural: narcotics
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