Meaning of hypnotic in English:

hypnotic

Pronunciation /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/

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adjective

1Relating to or producing hypnosis.
‘a hypnotic state’
- ‘She maintains that hypnotic subjects are asked basically to take on ‘what really amounts to a parody of epileptic symptoms.’’
- ‘The importance of using both high and low hypnotizable subjects in hypnotic pain research is emphasized.’
- ‘That means that the eye roll accounts for very little of the subject's hypnotic behavior.’
- ‘His clinical and research interests include the treatment of anxiety disorders and hypnotic interventions.’
- ‘At times, we would simply drift along the coral wall and go into a dreamy hypnotic state in the calm of the deep blue sea.’
- ‘The deep relaxation of a hypnotic trance is also broadly beneficial as many illnesses are aggravated by anxiety and muscle tension.’
- ‘Incidentally, this article was written through the use of several of the hypnotic techniques mentioned within it.’
- ‘Charcot demonstrated that such paralyses could be cured, and then artificially produced again, by hypnotic suggestion.’
- ‘After receiving hypnotic psychotherapy, she remembered falling off a bicycle when riding down a slope about 10 years earlier.’
- ‘A small number of people who go into a very deep hypnotic state experience spontaneous amnesia.’
- ‘More recently, Elkins described a brief hypnotic intervention for insomnia.’
1. 1.1Exerting a compelling or soporific effect.
  ‘her voice had a hypnotic quality’
  ‘His voice may not be as pure as it once was, nor soar quite so magnificently, but it is still wonderfully hypnotic.’
  ‘‘Remember Me’ contains one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time and ‘Fear Of Drowning’ is wonderfully hypnotic.’
  ‘This celebration conveys its own hypnotic delight, inviting us to suspend unanswerable questions about its ultimate purpose.’
  ‘However, the majority of the film was smooth, multi-layered, and tight, like sublime lyrics over a hypnotic beat.’
  ‘Ehko couldn't help but stare, it was hypnotic, this strange beautiful creature just totally absorbed in licking a spoon.’
  ‘He understands the nature of composition, the juxtaposition of light and dark, and the hypnotic wonder of color and texture.’
  ‘Her heady, hypnotic drumming intensifies both the mood and pace.’
  ‘The thing about that record is that it has some kind of hypnotic appeal.’
  ‘Guitar and bass driven repetitions have the hypnotic seduction of Stereolab at their best.’
  ‘His eyes were a hypnotic green and beautifully set into a handsome, chiseled face.’
  ‘We struggle to make sense of that, and despite our hypnotic attraction for all things royal, we turn the page.’
  ‘The album is based around beautiful hypnotic drones, kind of avant-garde and kind of calming at the same time.’
  ‘Gazing at a star-studded night sky is a truly beautiful and hypnotic experience.’
  ‘In human form she is a beautiful young woman with hypnotic amber eyes and pale hair.’
  ‘Just got it last week, straight in from Japan and it's wonderful, hypnotic stuff.’
  ‘As he spoke for those two hypnotic hours, he appealed not to my emotion, but to reason.’
  ‘Given the movie's form and content, Stardom is equally driven by the writer/director's fascination with television's hypnotic power.’
  ‘What's bewitching, even hypnotic, about fly-fishing is the cast.’
  ‘Her sisters had been praised and admired and stared at all their lives for their spellbinding, hypnotic electric-blue eyes.’
  ‘This compilation sounds like nothing else and proves to be strangely hypnotic and fascinating.’
  mesmerizing, mesmeric, spellbinding, entrancing, bewitching, fascinating, irresistible, compelling
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2Medicine
(of a drug) sleep-inducing.
‘Patients typically need large doses of sedative hypnotic drugs and four-point restraints during this stage.’
- ‘The team decided to try a mild hypnotic drug on an as-needed basis to help the patient sleep better during restless nights.’
- ‘This is especially true in elderly people and for hypnotic drugs.’
- ‘All subjects were in good health and had no contraindications to hypnotic medications.’
- ‘Although used more often for its hypnotic properties, valerian is taken to relieve mild symptoms of anxiety.’

noun

1Medicine
A sleep-inducing drug.
‘hypnotics may be prescribed’
- ‘‘Pediatricians recommend everything from benadryl to hypnotics to chamomile tea,’ she says.’
- ‘Rates of use of antidepressants and hypnotics were similar for both groups.’
- ‘Even in Thailand, with much available over the counter, hypnotics are not OTC and should only be taken as the last resort.’
- ‘Running totals of hypnotics were not carried over from the previous month.’
- ‘It's been regarded more as a hypnotic and it also has strong muscle relaxing effects.’
sedative, tranquillizer, calmative, sleeping pill, soporific, opiate, hypnotic
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2A person under or open to hypnosis.