SOPORIFIC


Meaning of SOPORIFIC in English

adjective

1.

tending to induce sleep

a soporific drug

soporific prose

Synonyms: hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, slumberous, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporifical

Related Word: calming, quietening, sedative, tranquilizing; anesthetic, deadening, numbing

Contrasted words: arousing, waking; invigorating, stimulating

2.

Synonyms: sleepy 1, dozy, drowsy, nodding, ||peepy, ||sloomy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent

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