hypnotic

/hɪpˈnɑdɪk/

Other forms: hypnotics

Hypnotic things either relate to hypnosis — putting people under spells — or anything that is mesmerizing or spellbinding.

You know how hypnotists put people under spells and then make them quack like a duck, or do something equally silly? Hypnotic things relate to hypnosis — like a hypnotist's calm, entrancing, hypnotic voice — or other things that tend to grab people's attention in a similar way. The voice of a powerful public speaker could be described as hypnotic. Great music that you can’t turn off could also be considered hypnotic. Anything hypnotic has a powerful hold on your attention.

Definitions of hypnotic

1. adjective

   of or relating to hypnosis
2. adjective

   attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
   “read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice”

   synonyms: mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding

   attractive

   pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
3. noun

   a drug that induces sleep
   synonyms: soporific

   types:

   narcoleptic

   a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep

   sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet

   a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

   type of:

   drug

   a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

   hypnagogue

   an agent that induces drowsiness or sleep