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Synonyms for hypnotic
hɪpˈnɒt ɪkhyp·not·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
soporific, hypnoticadjective
a drug that induces sleep
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unattractivehypnoticadjective
of or relating to hypnosis
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mesmerizing, mesmeric, spellbindingAntonyms:
unattractivehypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbindingadjective
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
"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"
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mesmerizing, mesmeric, spellbindingAntonyms:
unattractive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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#66647 | spellbinding | |
#187990 | soporific | |
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How to use hypnotic in a sentence?
I don't think the Queen's send off will mark the medium's swan song, if something like 9/11 were to happen again we'd all go to our TVs — drawn to the simultaneity and universality of the collective experience and the hypnotic power of the bigger image.
Think of it: zillions and zillions of organisms running around, each under the hypnotic spell of a single truth, all these truths identical, and all logically incompatible with one another : 'My hereditary material is the most important material on earth; its survival justifies your frustration, pain, even death'. And you are one of those organisms, living your life in the thrall of a logical absurdity.
We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
Estrogen works on several different neurotransmitter pathways that may have an impact on the regulation of sleep, and progesterone can have a hypnotic property, fluctuations in these hormones may have an effect on the circadian rhythm.
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process.
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- منومArabic
- hipnòticCatalan, Valencian
- υπνωτικόςGreek
- hipnotaEsperanto
- hipnóticoSpanish
- hypnoottinenFinnish
- hypnotique, narcotiqueFrench
- hiopnóiseachIrish
- suaineach, suainealachScottish Gaelic
- hipnotala, hipnotaIdo
- hypnoticLatin
- hipnotyczny, środek nasenny, nasenny, lek nasennyPolish
- снотворный, снотворноеRussian
- thôi miênVietnamese
- 催眠Chinese
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