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SOPORIFEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soporiferous mean?
• SOPORIFEROUS (adjective)
The adjective SOPORIFEROUS has 2 senses:
1. sleep inducing
2. inducing mental lethargy
Familiarity information: SOPORIFEROUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sleep inducing
Synonyms:
hypnagogic; hypnogogic; somniferous; somnific; soporiferous; soporific
Similar:
depressant (capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inducing mental lethargy
Synonyms:
narcotic; soporiferous; soporific
Context example:
a narcotic speech
Similar:
uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)
Context examples
All this I was told; for, while the operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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