Meaning of hypnotic in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /hɪpˈnɑdɪk/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    hypnotic

    Definitions

    1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    hypnotic

    Definitions

    1. a drug that induces sleep

Famous quotes

  • « There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion. »
    Havelock Ellis
  • « It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of evil with beauty, shrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the same time drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction. »
    Richard Le Gallienne

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