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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Adjective
There’s a hypnotic quality to this freewheeling central section, a sustained charge that falters in some of the more prolix passages around it. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022 Fire is this volatile thing that is hard to control, that is hypnotic, that is beautiful, that is both an agent of terror and an agent of transmutation. Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022 The film in question was Aloft, writer/director Claudia Llose’s frosty and hypnotic drama led by Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 There is little action and only muted suspense, yet in each case the habitually sedate pace becomes oddly hypnotic. Anna Mundow, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The hypnotic club banger was released by instrumentalist and composer Eartheater‘s music label, Chemical X Records. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 That said, any one person’s imaginings produced in a hypnotic tasting are probably not useful to anyone else. Craig Stoltz, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Adé’s hypnotic guitar licks and uplifting vocal melodies provided a warm and psychedelic bridge to West African pop through a charismatic and brilliant musical figure. Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022 But the current live version takes you on a mysterious, hypnotic journey in the dark. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
Noun
The festival, which started in 1976, is bringing wacky comedy shows, unique music performances, daring jousts, acrobatics, hypnotics and even big cats to 10 stages around the 30-acre festival grounds, located 30 minutes south of Denver in Larkspur. Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 18 June 2019 There was no consensus among professionals in Cleveland over whether the availability of methamphetamine or the drugs known as sedative-hypnotics, such as Xanax, Klonopin or Ativan, has increased. Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 7 July 2017 There are signs warning visitors not to use the spa while under the influence of hypnotics. Richard Morgan, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
French or Late Latin; French hypnotique, from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnōtikos, from hypnoun to put to sleep, from hypnos