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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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