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soporific

[sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-]

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause sleep.

  2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.



noun

  1. something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.

soporific

/ ˌɒəˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. inducing sleep

  2. drowsy; sleepy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a drug or other agent that induces sleep

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • soporifically adverb
  • antisoporific adjective
  • nonsoporific adjective
  • unsoporific adjective
  • ˌDZˈھ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of soporific1

1655–65; < Latin sopor sopor + -i- + -fic; compare French soporifique
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The sell-out race, which sees around 300,000 fans gather in north-west France, was a soporific event in 2025, with fewer incidents and accidents between the 62 cars which began the race than usual.

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The change has been introduced after a soporific race in 2024 that followed years of growing concerns about the tendency towards uneventful grands prix on the historic streets on the Cote d'Azur.

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He talked about it in his soporific acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention:

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Musty retreads of Ibsen and Chekhov, besides being counter to the maverick spirit of their play, can be soporific endurance tests.

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It’s so effective a soporific that most nights I struggle to read for more than 10 minutes, which is both satisfying and maddening.

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