Usage of "downer" | TermGallery

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A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.

Usage of downer in английском

And, that pathogen could make your day a real downer, bringing diarrhea. 
 The South African 

Okay, I have to admit, getting caught inside would be a downer. 
 Four to score 

This crowd were experts, facial expressions like poker players running downer programs. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

Killing a Goliath Top One Hundred would be a serious career downer. 
 The woman who died a lot 

That's no doubt realistic but it does make the movie one long downer. 
 Reuters 

I wasn't so much a late starter as a late knuckle-downer. 
 The Irish Times 

Our little family quirk can be a real downer at times. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

I worried that my own story would be too much of a downer. 
 Ebony 

First day we get a chance to play and you're on a downer. 
 Getting old is tres dangereux 

As principles go, corporate governance is a bit of a downer. 
 The Irish Times 

I can taste the horror; it's physical, like I've overloaded on downer activants. 
 The Naked God 

The film is the kind of downer only a festival programer would love. 
 Reuters 

What his daughter would call a "downer." Names didn't matter; results did. 
 The stand 

I said that her recent negativity was a real downer. 
 Devil Bones 

Or worse: you discover the thing they wanted to discuss is a real downer. 
 The Guardian 

Contemplations of mortality are strewn throughout but Look Both Ways is isn't a downer. 
 The Guardian 

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Meanings of downer in английском