downer

down +‎ -er

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnɚ/
• Rhymes: -aʊnə(r)

downer (plural downers)

1. (slang) A negative drug trip.

   Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.

2. (slang) A drug that has depressant qualities.
3. (slang) Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
   • 2009, Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are

     You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer.

• (something or someone disagreeable): buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport

• German: Downer

• Nedrow, Rowden, Wonder, Worden, wonder, wondre

downer

1. inflected form of down