somnific

• Adjectif désuet signifiant qui provoque le sommeil ou la somnolence ; rarement utilisé en anglais moderne.

An obsolete adjective meaning causing sleep or inducing drowsiness; rarely used in modern English.

1. Sleep-inducingC2formal

   Causing or inducing sleep; soporific.

   somnifère

   • The somnific effect of the warm milk helped her fall asleep.
   • He found the lecture so somnific that he nearly dozed off.
   • The doctor prescribed a somnific medication for his insomnia.

   Synonymeshypnoticnarcoticopiatesedativesomniferoussoporiferoussoporific

   Antonymesenergizinginvigoratingstimulatingwakeful