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Meanings of
soporiferous
in inglés
Sleep inducing.
soporific
somniferous
hypnagogic
somnific
hypnogogic
Related terms
depressant
Inducing mental lethargy.
narcotic
Related terms
uninteresting
Synonyms
Examples for "
soporific
"
soporific
somniferous
hypnagogic
somnific
hypnogogic
Examples for "
soporific
"
1
Maybe McFarlane's Scots growl just conveys greater determination than Jenkins's
soporific
slogans.
2
The mere sight of them sparks memories of interminable,
soporific
biology lessons.
3
It was almost
soporific
,
the hauling of the oars, forward and back.
4
The next time you smell mignonette, think of it as a
soporific
.
5
Awake, she felt sorry for herself, and sorrow, no
soporific
,
induced sorrow.
1
His
somniferous
voice tended to send his pupils into a waking doze.
2
Her study of library-cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too
somniferous
.
3
Starlight paddling over reflected stars was enchanting, but
somniferous
.
4
He seemed very tired, overcome with
somniferous
stupor.
5
It was of a remarkably
somniferous
character,-thecunning Le Duc had evidently some object in playing thus.
1
On the descent into New York, he half awak- ened, to a
hypnagogic
state.
2
A middle-of-the-night state of consciousness that isn't
hypnagogic
,
either.
3
He can make his voice
hypnagogic
if he wants, keep you totally drunk on it.
4
But there was a moment, that
hypnagogic
shift where the thoughts of the day faded into dream and the guards of rationality fell.
5
The voices I heard-clipped ,angrysyllables- Iascribedto the combination of listening to Eros for hours on end and the
hypnagogic
twilight of my mind.
1
"Note the decentralized structure of the
hypnogogic
state-inducers in the hypothalamus." Typhon comments.
Usage of
soporiferous
in inglés
1
At last the
soporiferous
fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.
2
The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the
soporiferous
poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.
3
One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of his brethren three cups of
soporiferous
wine.
4
'July l3.- Icannotthink that I have not again imbibed some
soporiferous
drug.
5
"Whence I conclude," said Fritz, addressing himself, "that my orations must be somewhat
soporiferous
.
"
6
'Twas no such thing, but an artificial water of a
soporiferous
virtue; and he told her for what purpose he had made it.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
somewhat soporiferous
soporiferous drug
soporiferous fumes
soporiferous poppy
soporiferous virtue
More collocations
Soporiferous
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