downer
noun
informaluk/ˈdaʊ.nər/us/ˈdaʊ.nɚ/downernoun(EXPERIENCE)
[Cusually singular]
aneventorexperiencethat makes youunhappy:
令人沮丧的事Youlostyourjob? That's arealdowner!你丢掉了工作?真是太倒霉了!
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- quicksand
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex
downernoun(DRUG)
[C]
adrugthat makes youfeelcalmer
镇静剂Compare
uppernoun(DRUG)informal
Specific types of drug
- addictive
- alprazolam
- amnesiac
- amyl nitrite
- anaphrodisiac
- anti-AIDS
- anti-aphrodisiac
- aphrodisiac
- barbiturate
- caffeine
- designer drug
- gas and air
- GHB
- hallucinogen
- khat
- legal high
- LSD
- MDMA
- psychedelic
- smack