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

Nearby Words:

hyp hypaethral hypallage hypanthia hypanthium hypanthiums hypapophyles hypapophysis hyparterial hypaspist

See 'hypnotic' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Post-hypnotic suggestion
Post-hypnotic suggestion is a suggestion made to a person under hypnosis which he carries out after coming out of the trance, supposedly without knowing the origin of the suggestion.

Categories

Browse Dictionary