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soporific [ sop-uh -rif -ik, soh-puh - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ɪk, ˌsoʊ pə- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective
causing or tending to cause sleep.
pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.
noun
something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.
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Origin of soporific 1655–65; <Latin
sopor sopor +
-i- +
-fic ; compare French
soporifique
OTHER WORDS FROM soporific sop·o·rif·i·cal·ly, adverb an·ti·sop·o·rif·ic, adjective, noun non·sop·or·if·ic, adjective, noun un·sop·o·rif·ic, adjective
Words nearby soporific Sophonias ,
sophrosyne ,
Sophy ,
sopor ,
soporiferous ,
soporific ,
soporose ,
sopping ,
soppy ,
sopranino ,
soprano
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Words related to soporific anesthetic ,
calming ,
deadening ,
hypnotic ,
narcotic ,
opiate ,
sedative ,
balmy ,
dozy ,
drowsy ,
dull ,
mesmerizing ,
nodding ,
numbing ,
quietening ,
slumberous ,
snoozy ,
somniferous ,
somnolent ,
soothing
How to use soporific in a sentence Designers will pixel push, frontend engineers will add clicks to make it more difficult to drop out of a soporific Zoom call, but few companies are ever willing to rip out their database storage engine.
“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific .
A travelogue of the drug-testing labs at Pfizer, Eli Lilly, or GlaxoSmithKline would likely be soporific .
Yet Diana, with its soporific romance and awful dialogue, is a colossal bore.
Unlike other soporific cabinet secretaries, Homeland Security director is a position people really do care about.
The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids.
To whom the prophetess, seeing his neck now bristle with horrid snakes, flings a soporific cake of honey and medicated grain.
There is nothing oratorical in his style of delivery; it is calm, slow, and has a rather soporific influence upon his hearers.
From which it appears evident that the actual words used as a soporific allow considerable latitude of choice.
I sit dreaming, the rhythmical song and the splashing of the oars exercising a soporific effect.
The odor of a smouldering bough of balsam-fir hung in the air—warm, spicy, soporific .
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British Dictionary definitions for soporific
adjective Also: archaic soporiferous
inducing sleep
drowsy; sleepy
noun
a drug or other agent that induces sleep
Derived forms of soporific soporifically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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