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sedate
Synonyms and Antonyms of sedate
- while not exactly cold, the doctor does maintain a sedate and purely professional demeanor with his patients
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
- her expression remained sedate as I told her the bad news
even, even-keeled, steady, well-adjusted, well-balanced
imperturbable, nerveless, unflappable, unshakable
centered, disciplined, equable, self-contained, self-controlled
affable, breezy, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, laid-back, loosey-goosey, mellow
carefree, nonchalant, unconcerned
assured, confident, self-assured
aloof, detached, dispassionate, indifferent
bovine, impassive, phlegmatic, sober, stolid
relaxed, relieved, tranquilized (also tranquillized)
Synonym Discussion of sedate
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- a serious play about social injustice
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- read the proclamation in a grave voice
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- a sad and solemn occasion
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- remained sedate amid the commotion
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- a quiet and staid community
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- a sober look at the state of our schools
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- an earnest reformer
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