ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsoporific
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soporific
Meaning: tending to induce sleep
soporific in a sentence
How soporific is used in real sentences:
The droning lecture had a soporific effect on the class.
The lecturer's soporific tone had everyone fighting yawns.
“On warm afternoons, the soporific drone of insects could lull even an anxious observer toward sleep.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn
“Another delivered a soporific lecture whose repeated catalog of masonry receipts left even the attentive mayor struggling to remain awake.”
— from the passage The Open Corner
“Weeks of soporific lectures on naval duty had nearly lulled the wardroom to sleep, but delayed wages and shrinking rations now disturbed its repose.”
— from the passage The Officers' Correspondence
Synonyms for soporific
Other words for soporific — sleep-inducing, sedative, hypnotic and narcotic — carry the same meaning.
- sleep-inducing
- sedative
- hypnotic
- narcotic
Antonyms of soporific
Words that mean the opposite of soporific:
- stimulating
- invigorating
Where it comes from
From Latin sopor 'deep sleep'
Memory hook
SOPORIFIC — SOPOR (sleep) + IFIC.