soporific
Causes heavy eyelids
Soporific means sleep-inducing.
A soporific drug causes drowsiness; a soporific lecture puts you to sleep from boredom.
The word works as both adjective and noun: The medication has a soporific effect or The professor's voice was a powerful soporific.
It carries a slightly formal or literary tone.
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tediousBoring through length
- drearyDull and depressing
- uninterestingFailing to hold attention
humdrum · mind-numbing · tiresome · wearisome · plodding · droning · flat · dry
Nearly falling asleep
- sleepyWanting to doze
- dozyPleasantly drowsy
- somnolentInclined toward sleep
- heavy-eyedVisibly fatigued, needing sleep
nodding off · yawning · lethargic · sluggish · torpid · groggy · bleary · half-asleep
Drug promoting calm
- tranquilizerSubstance that induces calm
- barbiturateSedative drug class
- sleeping pillMedication inducing slumber
- downerDispiriting experience or thing
valerian · melatonin · diazepam · propofol · alprazolam · antihistamine · narcotic · opiate
boring
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tediousBoring through length
- drearyDull and depressing
uninteresting · humdrum · mind-numbing · tiresome · wearisome · plodding · droning · flat · dry · uninspired
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
heavy-eyed · nodding off · yawning · lethargic · sluggish · torpid · groggy · bleary · half-asleep · slumberous
sedative
Drug promoting calm
- tranquilizerSubstance that induces calm
- barbiturateSedative drug class
- sleeping pillMedication inducing slumber
downer · valerian · melatonin · diazepam · propofol · alprazolam · antihistamine · narcotic · opiate · anxiolytic
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
tranquil · sedating · quieting · restful · pacifying · numbing · dulling · mesmeric · narcotizing · anesthetizing
- boring thingsboring, dull, tedious, monotonous, repetitive
- drowsysleepy, drowsy, tired, dozy, groggy
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
soporificstimulant
Alertness-boosting drug
stimulating · invigorating · energizing · rousing · wakening
soporificexciting
Arousing eager interest
riveting · gripping · thrilling · captivating · engrossing