as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
this medication is soporific, so do not drive after taking it
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Recent Examples of soporific
Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
For the Grand Prix on Sunday, as the cars have become wider, longer and heavier, the racing is soporific, with virtually no overtaking.
—Ian Parkes, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Founded in 1514 by the conquistador Diego Velázquez, Cuba's first governor, the town of Trinidad is a humid tableau of pastel mansions with internal courtyards, rust-red rooftops, grille windows, and sloped, cobbled, and soporific streets.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
A week ago, Monaco saw the introduction of a mandatory two-stop rule, which was meant to liven up a soporific event but only succeeded in making the race look even more of a procession.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
For the Grand Prix on Sunday, as the cars have become wider, longer and heavier, the racing is soporific, with virtually no overtaking.
—Ian Parkes, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Founded in 1514 by the conquistador Diego Velázquez, Cuba's first governor, the town of Trinidad is a humid tableau of pastel mansions with internal courtyards, rust-red rooftops, grille windows, and sloped, cobbled, and soporific streets.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soporific
Adjective
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Luhrmann has also unearthed some hypnotic clips of Elvis performing live in Hawaii in 1957, wearing a shimmering gold jacket, his neck ringed with a lei.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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But his hypnotic voice poured through the phone.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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All Florida executions are carried out by injecting a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jon Ruben, a 76-year-old retired British veterinarian, was sentenced to 23 years and 10 months in prison on charges of child abuse after drugging boys with sedative-laden candy last year at a summer camp in England.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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In many areas, the sheer toxicity of street drugs and the presence of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer associated with severe skin wounds that can require amputation, has led many users to avoid syringes at all costs.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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After that, officials decided to use tranquilizer darts to take down the animals believed to be the three adults in the pack before euthanizing them.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Soporific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soporific. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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