soporific
US
/ˌsɑː.pəˈrɪf.ɪk/
UK
/ˌsɒp.əˈrɪf.ɪk/
Meaning
Making someone feel sleepy, especially because something is dull, monotonous, or has a sleep-inducing effect.
नींद लाने वाला या इतना उबाऊ कि सुनते-पढ़ते नींद आने लगे।
Examples
“The professor's soporific lecture made several students struggle to stay awake.”
“A soporific atmosphere settled over the room as the rain tapped softly outside.”
“The doctor warned that the soporific could make her too drowsy to drive.”
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Not natural: I felt soporific after the long journey.
Better: I felt sleepy after the long journey.
Soporific usually describes something that causes sleepiness, not a person's own feeling.
Soporific आमतौर पर उस चीज़ के लिए होता है जो नींद लाए; अपनी हालत बताने के लिए sleepy कहें।
Not natural: The medicine made me soporific.
Better: The medicine made me drowsy.
Soporific is more natural before a noun or as a formal description of the medicine itself.
किसी व्यक्ति पर असर बताने के लिए drowsy ज़्यादा स्वाभाविक है; soporific दवा या चीज़ का वर्णन करता है।
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Use soporific for something that causes sleepiness; use sleepy or drowsy to describe how a person feels.
नींद लाने वाली चीज़ के लिए soporific कहें; किसी व्यक्ति को कैसा लग रहा है, इसके लिए sleepy या drowsy इस्तेमाल करें।