单词 | somniferous |
释义 | somniferous (once / 131326 pages) adj Whether it's a medication or a boring lecture, something somniferous makes you sleepy. Like soporific, somniferous is a word used to describe something that puts you to sleep. Some people who have trouble snoozing take pills that are somniferous: sleeping pills. Others do somniferous things, like reading before bed or counting sheep. A bad public speaker can be really somniferous, and so can a boring movie. Anything somniferous makes you want to catch some Z's. WORD FAMILYsomniferous: somniferously USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a bristly-bearded tailor too, very beery, having his last pint, who utters a similar somniferous intention. Somerville, H. G., Curiosities of Impecuniosity(2011) Quaffing it down, and betaking himself to bed, under its somniferous influence, the Wye waterman is soon in the land of dreams. Reid, Mayne, Gwen Wynn(2011) Quaffing it down, and betaking himself to bed, under its somniferous influence, the Wye waterman is soon in the land of dreams. Reid, Mayne, Gwen Wynn—A Romance of the Wye(2011) adj sleep inducing Syn hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somnific, soporiferous, soporific depressant capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
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