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21Soporific — Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense of awareness or alertness. The word soporific is derived from sopor meaning deep sleep. The root is somnus, the Latin for sleep (and the… …
22narcotic — I adjective anesthetic, anodyne, anodynous, assuaging, assuasive, calmant, calmative, deadening, depressant, dulling, hypnotic, mitigating, narcotical, opiate, painkilling, palliative, paregoric, sedative, slumberous, somniferous, somnific,… …
23hypnotic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mesmeric, fascinating, magnetic; soporific, narcotic, quieting, lethargic; irresistible. See sorcery. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. soporose, sleep inducing, mesmeric, opiate, narcotic, anesthetic,… …
24Inactivity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inactivity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inactivity inactivity Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness &c. 172 Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy &c. 606 GRP: N 2 …
25Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… …
26sleepy — a. 1. Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep. 2. Somniferous, soporiferous, narcotic, soporific, somnific, slumberous, opiate. 3. Sluggish, inactive, heavy, lazy, dull, torpid, slow …
27slumberous — a. Soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, sleepy, drowsy …
28somniferous — a. Soporific, soporiferous, slumberous, somnific, narcotic, opiate …
29opiate — I. n. Anodyne, narcotic, sedative. II. a. Soporiferous, somniferous, narcotic, anodynous, sedative …
30soporific — I. a. Somniferous, somnific, slumberous, soporiferous, narcotic, hypnotic, opiate, soporous. II. n. Narcotic, hypnotic, anaesthetic, opiate …
