somniferous

• Adjektiv, das Schlaf oder Schläfrigkeit verursachend bedeutet; es gilt heute als veraltet oder literarisch.

An adjective meaning inducing sleep or drowsiness; now considered archaic or literary.

1. Sleep-inducingC2formal

   Tending to cause sleep; soporific.

   Schlaf erzeugend

   • The professor's lecture was so somniferous that half the class fell asleep.
   • Some herbs have somniferous properties used in natural remedies.
   • The somniferous effect of the medication helped her rest.

   Synonymehypnoticnarcoticopiatesedativesomnificsoporiferoussoporific

   Antonymeinvigoratingstimulatingwakeful