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Synonyms & Antonyms of sedate
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1
not joking or playful in mood or manner
- while not exactly cold, the doctor does maintain a sedate and purely professional demeanor with his patients
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- antic,
- comic,
- comical,
- droll,
- farcical,
- funny,
- hilarious,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric),
- laughable,
- light,
- light-headed,
- ludicrous,
- ridiculous,
- riotous,
- risible,
- screaming,
- sidesplitting,
- uproarious
- 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
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2
free from emotional or mental agitation
- her expression remained sedate as I told her the bad news
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- relaxed,
- relieved,
- tranquilized
- (also tranquillized)
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sedate
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of sedate (Entry 2 of 2)
as in stupefy, narcotize
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The first known use of sedate was in 1663
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