soporific
Syllables: so·po·ri·fic/ˌsɒp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/US/ˌsɑp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
soporific noun: something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
Noun
soporific (plural soporifics)
- Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- The doctor prescribed a soporific to help the patient sleep.
- And ancient soporifics—such as poisonous leaves and various opiate concoctions—were roughly as likely to kill you as they were to induce REM.2022 January 27, Derek Thompson, “Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?”, in The Atlantic
- Something boring or dull.
Adjective
soporific (comparative more soporific, superlative most soporific)
- Tending to induce sleep.
- For we are not here to understand, as perhaps some have, that an author actually falls asleep while he is writing. It is true, that readers are too apt to be so overtaken; […]To say the truth, these soporific parts are so many scenes of serious artfully interwoven, in order to contrast and set off...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V
- It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is “soporific.” I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies
- Boring, dull.
- The professor delivered a soporific lecture.
- COP stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph (the Paris agreement in 2015) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009).2019 December 2, Fiona Harvey, “Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless
soporific meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
soporific in Tamil
- தூங்கவைக்கும், உறக்கமூட்டி, தூக்கமூட்டி, வாய்உதடு பக்கு
soporific in Urdu
- خواب آلودہ
soporific in Bengali
- নিদ্রাকর্ষক
soporific in Malayalam
- sedative, sleep-inducing, somnolent
- ഉറക്കം വരുത്തുന്ന, ഉറക്കമുളവാക്കുന്ന, നിദ്രയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, ആസ്വാപക, പ്രസ്വാപക, ഉറക്കമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന
- sleeping pill, sedative, calmative
- ഉറക്കഗുളിക, ഉറക്കമരുന്ന്, നിദ്രഷൗധം, മയക്കുമരുന്ന്, മനശ്ശാന്തിനൽകുന്ന ലഹരിമരുന്ന്, ഉറക്കംവരുത്തുന്ന മരുന്ന്
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- soporific in Kannada
- ನಿದ್ದೆ ಬರಿಸುವ, ನಿದ್ರಾಜನಕ, ಒರಕು ಬರಿಸುವ, ಒರಗಿಸುವ
- soporific in Arabic
- مُنَوِّم munawwim
- soporific in Persian
- خوابآور xâb-âvar
- soporific in Vietnamese
- thuốc ngủ
Synonyms of soporific
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Antonyms
Forms of soporific
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | soporifics |
| alternative form (obsolete) | soporifick |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more soporific |
| superlative | most soporific |
Origin of soporific
From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).
Words formed from soporific
Words that rhyme with soporific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about soporific
- What does soporific mean?
- Soporific means something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- What is soporific in Tamil?
- Soporific in Tamil is தூங்கவைக்கும், உறக்கமூட்டி, தூக்கமூட்டி. See Soporific meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is soporific?
- Soporific can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce soporific?
- Soporific is pronounced /ˌsɒp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of soporific?
- The plural of soporific is soporifics.
Words near soporific in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: soporific (page history and authors); soporific (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soporific (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soporific (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soporific (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); soporific (Kannada 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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