English-Thai Dictionary

soporific

ADJ ซึ่ง ชวน ให้ ง่วง  ซึ่ง ทำให้ ง่วง  ซึ่ง ทำให้ หลับ  balmy sedative drowsy somnolent sueng-chun-hai-ngog

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOPORIFIC

a.[L. sopor, sleep, and facio, to make. ] Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; narcotic; as the soporific virtues of opium.

 

SOPORIFIC

n.A medicine, drug, plant or other thing that has the quality of inducing sleep.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOPORIFIC

Sop `o *rif "ic, a. Etym: [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep )+ facere to make. See Somnolent, Fact. ]

 

Defn: Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.

 

Syn. -- Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne.

 

SOPORIFIC

SOPORIFIC Sop `o *rif "ic, n.

 

Defn: A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

soporific

sop o rif ic |ˌsäpəˈrifik ˌsɑpəˈrɪfɪk | ▶adjective tending to induce drowsiness or sleep: the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect. • sleepy or drowsy: some medicine made her soporific. • tediously boring or monotonous: a libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific. ▶noun a drug or other agent of this kind. DERIVATIVES sop o rif i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin sopor ‘sleep ’ + -ific .

 

Oxford Dictionary

soporific

soporific |ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk | ▶adjective tending to induce drowsiness or sleep: the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect. • sleepy or drowsy: some medicine made her soporific. • tediously boring or monotonous: a libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific. ▶noun a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep. DERIVATIVES soporifically adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin sopor ‘sleep ’ + -ific .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

soporific

soporific adjective 1 soporific drugs: sleep-inducing, sedative, somnolent, calmative, tranquilizing, narcotic, opiate; drowsy, sleepy, somniferous; Medicine hypnotic. ANTONYMS invigorating. 2 a soporific TV drama: boring, tedious, tired, dreary, turgid, dry, mind-numbing. ▶noun she was given a soporific: sleeping pill, sedative, calmative, tranquilizer, narcotic, opiate; Medicine hypnotic. ANTONYMS stimulant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

soporific

soporific adjective soporific drugs | soporific music: sleep-inducing, somnolent, sedative, calmative, tranquillizing, narcotic, opiate, drowsy, sleepy, somniferous; boring, dull, deadly dull, monotonous; Medicine hypnotic; rare somnific. ANTONYMS invigorating. ▶noun she was given a soporific: sleeping pill, sleeping potion, sedative, calmative, tranquillizer, narcotic, opiate; Medicine hypnotic. ANTONYMS stimulant. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS soporific or somnolent? Strictly speaking, these words apply to cause and effect. Soporific means ‘causing sleepiness ’ (the motion of the train had a soporific effect on Mr. Wishart ), while somnolent means ‘inclined to sleep ’ (the lunch had rendered some of the elders somnolent ).These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

soporific

sop o rif ic /sɑ̀pərɪ́fɪk, sòʊp -|sɔ̀p -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人に 〉眠気を誘うような ; 〈人が 〉眠い, 眠そうな ; 催眠性の .名詞 C 催眠剤, 睡眠薬 .