downer
noun
- a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
- a depressing experience, person, or situation.
Origin of downer
Examples from the Web for downer
Contemporary Examples of downer
France does not like to see it described as an AIDS documentary, which inevitably sounds like something of a downer.
New Documentary ‘How to Survive a Plague’ Details ACT UP’s Heroic Role in AIDS BattleStephen Farber
September 26, 2012
Few political watchers thought Romney would wrap anything up Tuesday, but the returns must still have come as a bit of a downer.
Seemingly, some of the cast members learned how to spot the STD, which appears to be quite the downer.
That's not to send a message that next season's going to be a downer, because it won't be.
It has led, a downer for us frequent fliers, to yet another James Patterson bestseller.
Historical Examples of downer
Last fall I potted some of the Downer, and in the winter grew them in the house.
Locusts and Wild HoneyJohn Burroughs
Some berries shine, the Downer glows as if there were a red bloom upon it.
Locusts and Wild HoneyJohn Burroughs
Make him lively, cook him; tell him who taught you; a downer to him, and I'll marry you to-morrow!'
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, CompleteGeorge Meredith
Here was a great mortgage on the Downer farm, that the Eastmans had partly cut into city lots.
Hope MillsAmanda M. Douglas
Downer's Cleaning and Polishing Oil for bright metals, is the oldest and best in the market.