Definitions for soporific

soporific sop·o·rif·ic

Spelling: [sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-]
IPA: /ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ɪk, ˌsoʊ pə-/

Soporific is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in soporific (cfiiooprs).

Definitions for soporific

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause sleep.
  2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.

noun

  1. something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.

Origin of soporific

1655-65; Latin sopor sopor + -i- + -fic; compare French soporifique

Examples for soporific

Unlike other soporific cabinet secretaries, Homeland Security director is a position people really do care about.

The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids.

I shall administer a soporific to these men, and then shall extinguish the light.

The restlessness of the sea acts as a soporific on jangled nerves.

“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.

The first pages of most of these old papers are as soporific as a bed of poppies.

He had made up his mind that he might have to spend days in this soporific hamlet.

The soporific, thwarted in its effect for a moment, redoubled its power over him.

A travelogue of the drug-testing labs at Pfizer, Eli Lilly, or GlaxoSmithKline would likely be soporific.

Yet Diana, with its soporific romance and awful dialogue, is a colossal bore.

Word Value for soporific
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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