soporiferous
31comatose — adj 1. unconscious, Med. soporose, insensible, Psychiatry. cataleptic, immobile, Pathol. narcoleptic; narcotic, stuporous, stupefied, drugged, hypnotized. 2. dull, sluggish, phlegmatic, lethargic, lymphatic, torpid, heavy, leaden, lifeless;… …
32hypnotic — adj 1. mesmerizing, mesmeric, fascinating, spellbinding, gripping, arresting, enthralling, entrancing; engrossing, absorbing, engaging, holding. 2. soporific, somnific, somniferous, sleep inducing, sleep producing, somnifacient, soporiferous,… …
33narcotic — [adj] dulling, painkilling analgesic, anesthetic, calming, deadening, hypnotic, numbing, opiate, sedative, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying; concept 537 narcotic [n]… …
34sopor — n. unusually deep sleep or lethargy. ♦ soporific, n. & a. (drug) inducing sleep. ♦ soporiferous, a. ♦ soporose, a. abnormally sleepy; comatose …
35soporific — [säp΄ərif′ər əs, sō΄pərif′ər əssäp΄ə rif′ik, sō΄pərif′ik] adj. [Fr soporifique: see SOPOR & FIC] 1. causing or tending to cause sleep: also soporiferous [säp΄ərif′ər əs, sō΄pərif′ər əs] 2. of or characterized by sleep or sleepiness n. something,… …
36hypnagogic — adjective sleep inducing • Syn: ↑soporific, ↑soporiferous, ↑somniferous, ↑somnific, ↑hypnogogic • Similar to: ↑depressant • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
37hypnogogic — adjective sleep inducing • Syn: ↑soporific, ↑soporiferous, ↑somniferous, ↑somnific, ↑hypnagogic • Similar to: ↑depressant • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
38somnific — adjective sleep inducing • Syn: ↑soporific, ↑soporiferous, ↑somniferous, ↑hypnogogic, ↑hypnagogic • Similar to: ↑depressant • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
39soporific — adj. & n. adj. tending to produce sleep. n. a soporific drug or influence. Derivatives: soporiferous adj. soporifically adv. Etymology: L sopor sleep + FIC …
40-ferous — comb. form (usu. iferous) forming adjectives with the sense bearing , having (auriferous; odoriferous). Derivatives: ferously suffix ferousness suffix Etymology: from or after F fegravere or L fer producing f. ferre bear * * * ferous, suffix… …
