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
Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Une Chambre à Soi in Château La Coste’s Richard Rogers gallery is inspired by Virginia Woolfe’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own and features more than fifteen artists visualising a soporific journey from sunset to sunrise.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Une Chambre à Soi in Château La Coste’s Richard Rogers gallery is inspired by Virginia Woolfe’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own and features more than fifteen artists visualising a soporific journey from sunset to sunrise.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soporific
Adjective
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But the tools seem to exert a hypnotic effect, causing the constant flow of suggestions to override the writer’s own voice.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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Not perfectly, mind you, but there is something almost hypnotic about driving down dirt roads with nothing but horizon in all directions.—
Rich Tabaka,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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The Mayo Clinic says that kratom can be used in low doses as a stimulant, and at higher doses as a sedative.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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To name a few: Anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants, and sedatives are all known to cause dizziness as a side effect.—
Rachel Nall,
SELF,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Buzbee also said that many of his clients claim Puff used horse tranquilizers to sedate them.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
2 Oct. 2024
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According to the municipal code, tranquilizers can be used as a means of capture.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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“Soporific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soporific. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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