Heroin

Noun

 * 1) A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
 * 2) * 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
 * The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.

Synonyms

 * diacetylmorphine, diamorphine
 * Big H, boy, dope, junk, horse, skag, smack
 * See also Thesaurus:heroin

Verbs for Heroin
addict to—; analyze—; confiscate—; crave—; derive—from; dissolve—; dose with—; drug with—; forbid—; import—; ingest—; inject—; insufflate—; smuggle—; subject to—; —allays; —anaesthetizes; —depresses; —enslaves; —numbs; —relieves; —victimizes.

Thesaurus
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

Etymology
Since the 1890s from a trademark <  ἥρως: (due to the feelings of power and exaltation while under the influence of the drug).

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Arabic: هيروين
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 * Catalan: heroïna
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 * Mandarin: 海洛因
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 * Hindi: हेरोइन
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ヘロイン
 * Korean: 헤로인
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 * Thai: เฮโรอีน
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 * Urdu: ہیروئین
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Noun

 * 1) heroin

Noun

 * 1) heroin

Noun
heroin



Noun

 * 1) heroin

Synonyms

 * Diacetylmorphin
 * Diamorphin

Descendants

 * Polish:

Noun

 * 1) heroin

Noun

 * 1) heroin