1
: a sleep-inducing agent : soporific
2
: one that is or can be hypnotized
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Examples of hypnotic in a Sentence
Adjective
The psychologist put her into a hypnotic state.
Riding in a car often has a hypnotic effect on babies.
the steady, hypnotic rhythm of the train
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 May 2024
With The Coin, Zaher creates a hypnotic portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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Adjective
Branching out from intimate folk to expansive chamber pop to hypnotic electronica, Stevens’ unpredictable career has seen the singer-songwriter veer into the worlds of moviemaking (both directing and soundtracking), ballet, classical, essay writing and even Christmas music.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 May 2024
With The Coin, Zaher creates a hypnotic portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
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“Hypnotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypnotic. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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hypnotic
1 of 2 adjective
hyp·not·ic
hip-ˈnät-ik 
1
: tending to cause sleep
2
: of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism
hypnotic
2 of 2 noun
: an agent (as a drug) that causes or tends to cause sleep
Medical Definition
hypnotic
1 of 2 adjective
hyp·not·ic
hip-ˈnät-ik
hypnotic
2 of 2 noun1
: a sleep-inducing agent : soporific
2
: one that is or can be hypnotized
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