downer
/ˈdaʊnə//ˈdaʊnɚ/
noun
- 1
A negative drug trip.
“Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.”
- 2
A drug that has depressant qualities.
- 3
Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
- 4
A livestock animal that has collapsed.
- 5
A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
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