downer

Definition

  • noun: a drug that makes the body relax
  • noun: a weak, sick, or crippled animal in shipment that is down and cannot get up
  • often used attributively

Examples

  • Our conversation about death was a bit of a 'downer'.

  • “His cat just died.” “Oh, that's a real 'downer'.”

  • I took some 'downers' to help me sleep.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) So, Eugene Fitzherbert, huh? Ah yeah, well. I'll spare you the sob story of poor orphan Eugene Fitzherbert, it's a little bit of a... It's a little bit of a downer. There was this book. A book I used to read every night to all the younger kids. The tales of Flynnigan Ryder. Swashbuckling rogue, (..)
    2010 Tangled