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[ sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh- ] / ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ɪk, ˌsoʊ pə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR soporific ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or tending to cause sleep. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy. nounsomething that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug. Origin of soporific1655–65; <Latin soporsopor + -i- + -fic; compare French soporifique OTHER WORDS FROM soporificsop·o·rif·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·sop·o·rif·ic, adjective, nounnon·sop·or·if·ic, adjective, nounun·sop·o·rif·ic, adjectiveWords nearby soporificSophonias, sophrosyne, Sophy, sopor, soporiferous, soporific, soporose, soporous, sopping, soppy, sopranino Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soporific“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific. Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST A travelogue of the drug-testing labs at Pfizer, Eli Lilly, or GlaxoSmithKline would likely be soporific. Weed Reads: The 10 Best Books on Pot|Roger Roffman|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet Diana, with its soporific romance and awful dialogue, is a colossal bore. Princess Diana Was the Girlfriend From Hell. Why Is This Movie So Boring?|Tina Brown|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Unlike other soporific cabinet secretaries, Homeland Security director is a position people really do care about. The Case for Ray Kelly as Obama’s New Homeland Security Director|John Avlon|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids. Eat Turkey All You Want! It’s Not Going to Put You to Sleep|Kent Sepkowitz|November 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST Modern physicians find one species of Gentian soporific and use it to procure sleep for the weary sufferer. A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks Lamberti stayed with him till he fell asleep under the influence of a soporific medicine, and then called the man-servant. Cecilia|F. Marion Crawford The restlessness of the sea acts as a soporific on jangled nerves. The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion Gum opium contains active principles (alkaloids), to which it owes its peculiar stimulating, soporific, and pain-relieving powers. Birds and all Nature Vol VII, No. 3, March 1900|Various The first pages of most of these old papers are as soporific as a bed of poppies. Old News|Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for soporific
adjective Also: archaic soporiferousinducing sleep drowsy; sleepy nouna drug or other agent that induces sleep Derived forms of soporificsoporifically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soporificanesthetic, calming, sedative, opiate, hypnotic, narcotic, deadening, balmy, drowsy, dull, somnolent, soothing, nodding, slumberous, somniferous, dozy, mesmerizing, numbing, quietening, snoozy Medical definitions for soporific
adj.Inducing or tending to induce sleep. Sleepy; drowsy. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |