sedate
adjective
[ sɪˈdeɪt ]
• calm, dignified, and unhurried.
• "in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace"
Similar:
calm,
tranquil,
placid,
composed,
serene,
steady,
unruffled,
imperturbable,
unflappable,
dignified,
serious,
serious-minded,
formal,
decorous,
proper,
prim,
demure,
sober,
earnest,
staid,
stiff,
stuffy,
boring,
starchy,
stick-in-the-mud,
slow,
unhurried,
relaxed,
leisurely,
unrushed,
slow-moving,
slow-going,
slow and steady,
easy,
easy-going,
gentle,
comfortable,
restful,
undemanding,
lazy,
languid,
languorous,
plodding,
dawdling,
leisured,
measured,
laid-back,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.
sedate
verb
• calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug.
• "she was heavily sedated"
Similar:
tranquillize,
give a sedative to,
put under sedation,
calm down,
pacify,
soothe,
relax,
dope,
drug,
knock out,
anaesthetize,
stupefy,
quieten,
quiet,
Origin:
1960s: back-formation from sedation.
