Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

    hypnotisch

    of or relating to hypnosis

  2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.

  3. Inducing sleep; soporific.

    einschläfernd, Schlaf-

    снотво́рныйsnotvórnyj

  4. (obsolete)Dormant.

    hypnotic seeds

Examples

5 sentences
  1. She's very susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.

    ruОна очень чувствительна к гипнотическому воздействию. — marafon

  2. It was having a hypnotic effect on me.

  3. Ivan should be able to access the museum with his hypnotic skills.

  4. This music is hypnotic.

    ruЭта музыка гипнотизирует. — Wezel

    deDiese Musik ist hypnotisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. It was hypnotic.

    deEs war hypnotisierend. — Esperantostern

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
inducing sleep; soporific:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism:
inducing sleep; soporific:

Origin

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

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Forms

more hypnotic, most hypnotic
Comparativemore hypnotic Lesson
Superlativemost hypnotic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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