as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
a somniferous enumeration of details that I could have done without
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Recent Examples of somniferous
Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station.
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Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somniferous
hypnotic
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The vistas are hypnotic to the point of drugginess.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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Lady Gaga’s favorite is first-generation Pokémon Jigglypuff, the pink creature known for her hypnotic eyes and ability to inflate or deflate like a balloon.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Somniferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somniferous. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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