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Benadryl

/ˈbɛnədɹɪl/

Benadryl noun: an antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.

Noun

Benadryl (countable and uncountable, plural Benadryls)

  1. An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
    • The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death.2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    • Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt.2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN

Benadryl meaning in Tamil

Benadryl in Tamil

ஒவ்வாமை நீக்க மருந்து

Examples of Benadryl in a sentence

  • The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies.2024, Miranda July, All Fours, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
  • Benadryl, ZzzQuil and other drugs with diphenhydramine can also make you drowsy, since histamine helps the brain stay alert, said Dr.2025 July 15, Simar Bajaj, “Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of Benadryl

pluralBenadryls

Origin of Benadryl

Marketing name. From benzhydryl diethylaminoethyl ether.

Questions about Benadryl

What does Benadryl mean?
Benadryl means an antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
What is Benadryl in Tamil?
Benadryl in Tamil is ஒவ்வாமை நீக்க மருந்து. See Benadryl meaning in Tamil.
How do you use Benadryl in a sentence?
The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies.
What part of speech is Benadryl?
Benadryl is a noun.
How do you pronounce Benadryl?
Benadryl is pronounced /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/.
What is the plural of Benadryl?
The plural of Benadryl is Benadryls.

Words near Benadryl in the dictionary

  1. Bena
  2. benachin
  3. benactyzine
  4. benadamustine
  5. benadrostin
  6. Benadryl
  7. Benadryls
  8. benafentrine
  9. Benak
  10. Benaks
  11. benalaxyl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Benadryl (page history and authors); benadryl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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