HYPNOTIC

hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding

(adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; “read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice”; “she had a warm mesmeric charm”; “the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing”; “a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome”

hypnotic

(adjective) of or relating to hypnosis

soporific, hypnotic

(noun) a drug that induces sleep

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

(pharmaceutical effect) Inducing sleep; soporific.

Synonyms

• captivating

• mesmeric

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.

(pharmaceutical drug) A soporific substance.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic

Source: Wiktionary


Hyp*not"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]

1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

Hyp*not"ic, n.

1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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