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tonic

Definition

  • noun: a type of water that has bubbles in it, has a bitter taste, and is often used in alcoholic drinks
  • noun: the first tone of a major or minor scale
  • adjective: characterized by tonus
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: keynote, stimulating, stimulant

Examples

  • A weekend in the mountains was always a 'tonic' for him.

  • To her, classical music is a 'tonic'.

  • an herbal 'tonic'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "Today a backhoe divulged out of a crumbling flank of earth, "one bottle amber, perfect, "a hundred-year-old cure for fever or melancholy... "A tonic for living on this earth. "Today I was reading about Marie Curie." "She died a famous woman, denying her wounds... "Denying her wounds (..)
    2014 Wild