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How to pronounce narcotic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms narcotising, narcotizing
Derivation narcosis


narcotic drugs.
Type Words
Synonyms soporiferous, soporific


a narcotic speech.
Type Words
Type of drug
Has types opium, recreational drug, soft drug, synthetic heroin, meperidine hydrochloride, demerol, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, hard drug, meperidine, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, opiate
Derivation narcotize
Type Words


narcotic addicts.
narcotic stupor.

Examples of narcotic

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While sedative hypnotics are not narcotic, they do have some risk of dependency.
From the washingtonpost.com
He is accused of selling a narcotic in the city of Canandaigua sometime in 2009.
From the democratandchronicle.com
When talking about narcotic pain medications we're usually talking about opioids.
From the abcnews.go.com
Therefore they don't have the side effects from the pain medicine and narcotic.
From the abcnews.go.com
They were also, famously, wrapped in the boozy, narcotic excesses of that period.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The engine, of course, is utterly narcotic in thrust and Formula One-esque sound.
From the nzherald.co.nz
We have tried a number of non-narcotic medications without significant benefit.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Like Ocean Drive in Miami they are pretty as a picture, but have a narcotic buzz.
From the guardian.co.uk
Doctors prescribed Demerol for the pain, and I became dependent on this narcotic.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • Of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
  • A drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
  • Inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
  • (narcotized) doped: under the influence of narcotics; "knocked out by doped wine"; "a drugged sleep"; "were under the effect of the drugged sweets"; "in a stuperous narcotized state"
  • The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with sleep-inducing properties. It has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin. The term is, today, imprecisely defined and typically has negative connotations . ...
  • Narcotic is an album by Muslimgauze.
  • Narcotica is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
  • Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; Any type of numbing drug; Certain illegal drugs; Of, or relating to narcotics; Inducing sleep; causing narcosis
  • (Narcotica) (San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959)