soporific
Meanings
Plural: soporifics
Noun
- a drug that induces sleep
- Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- Something boring or dull.
Adjective Satellite
- sleep inducing
- inducing mental lethargy
Adj
- Tending to induce sleep.
- Boring, dull.
Origin / Etymology
From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).
Synonyms
banal, beat, blah, bland, boring, cold, colourless, dormitive, drab, dreich, drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, ho-hum, humdrum, hypnagogic, hypnic, hypnogogic, hypnotic, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, monotonous, mundane, narcotic, no fun at parties, pedantic, pedestrian, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, slumberous, snoozeworthy, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporiferous, soporific, soporous, static, stodgy, straightforward, stupefacient, stupefactive, tedious, tranquilizing, uncool, uninteresting, vanilla, vapid, wan, weaksauce, wooden
Antonyms
arousing, enlivening, invigorating, provocative, rousing, stimulating
Scrabble Score: 16
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