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hypnotic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hypnotic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hypnotic [ a.]
- Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
- Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
2 . Hypnotic [ n.]
- Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
- A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Meaning of 'hypnotic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hypnotic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
Example in sentence:
  • a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome;
  • read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice;
  • she had a warm mesmeric charm;
  • the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing