mood-altering
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The firm said it did not believe the ad claimed or implied that the beer had any therapeutic or mood-altering effects, nor that the ad suggested alcohol was essential or a priority in life.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
Processed foods might provoke compulsive behaviors that reinforce the need to consume more, but do they really have mood-altering effects, another criterion used to define an addiction?
From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023
In his opening essay, Dr. Gaylin wrote that despite the promise of mood-altering drugs to understand mental illness, addiction and other health problems, they aroused as much discomfort as they did satisfaction.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023
Gut bacteria can even affect your mental state by producing mood-altering neurotransmitters like dopamine, which regulates pleasure, learning and motivation, and serotonin, which plays a role in happiness, appetite and sexual desire.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022
The implication of the phrase "mood-altering" is that only temporary feelings are involved.
From What Works: Schools Without Drugs by Education, United States Department of
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