noun
- A drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction.
adjective
- Of or relating to or designating narcotics.
- usage: "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
- Inducing stupor or narcosis.
- usage: "narcotic drugs"
- synonyms: narcotizing, narcotising
- Inducing mental lethargy.
- usage: "a narcotic speech"
- synonyms: soporiferous, soporific
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