Meaning

2 senses

  1. Tending to induce sleep.

    einschläfernd

    усыпляющийusypljajuščij, навевающий сонnavevajuščij son, вводящий в сонvvodjaščij v son

    sleep inducing

  2. (figuratively)Boring, dull.

    The professor delivered a soporific lecture.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. A soporific drone sounds all around.

    deEin einschläferndes Summen tönt ringsum. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. The book I bought yesterday is a real soporific.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
tending to induce sleep:
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By meaning 1
tending to induce sleep:

Origin

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).

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Forms

more soporific, most soporific
Comparativemore soporific Lesson
Superlativemost soporific Lesson

regular

Synonyms

64 synonyms
basicA2beatB1boringA1coldA1stuffyC1dullB1flatB1lacklusterC1lameB2lifelessB2monotonousC1plainB1pedanticB2pedestrianC2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
arousingenliveninginvigoratingprovocativeC1rousingstimulating

Word family

3 related words
Relatedsleep inducer
Derivednonsoporificsoporifically

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sophisticatesophisticationsophomoreB1sopranosorbetsorcerer

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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