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Downer

noun

A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person. Synonyms: depressant, sedative, sedative drug.

Down

adjective

Being or moving lower in position or less in some value. "The moon is down" , "Our team is down by a run" , "Down by a pawn" , "The stock market is down today" Antonym: up.

Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. Synonym: downward. "The downward course of the stream"

Becoming progressively lower.

Being put out by a strikeout.

Understood perfectly. Synonyms: down pat, mastered.

Lower than previously. Synonym: depressed. "Prices are down"

Shut.

Not functioning (temporarily or permanently).

Filled with melancholy and despondency. Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited. "Gloomy predictions" , "A gloomy silence" , "Took a grim view of the economy" , "The darkening mood" , "Lonely and blue in a strange city" , "Depressed by the loss of his job" , "A dispirited and resigned expression on her face" , "Downcast after his defeat" , "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"