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1. A drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

1. Inducing stupor or narcosis
   "narcotic drugs";
   - narcotizing, narcotising [Brit]
    
2. Inducing mental lethargy
   "a narcotic speech";
   - soporiferous, soporific
    
3. Of or relating to or designating narcotics
   "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"

Derived forms: narcotics

See also: depressant, lame, lameo [informal], meh [informal], uninspiring, uninteresting

Type of: drug

Encyclopedia: Narcotic