hypnotic
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6.1
- adjective
- /hɪpˈnɑtɪk/
- The magician's performance was so hypnotic that the audience was completely entranced.
- almost hypnotic
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Watch on YouTubeAnd as that becomes this hypnotic rhythm, as Napoleon Hill talks about it, I add another hip positive hypnotic rhythm, body, mind, heart, environment.
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Examples
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- The music was just hypnotic.
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The flow of the sun-dappled water over submerged stones and branches was gently hypnotic.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her eyes are hypnotic and they really calm me down.
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And I, there was something so hypnotic about that just sort of straight shot.
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And now, if you dare, look into the hypnotic eye.
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The reason that it's so hypnotic is because we're just not made to interact with that much.
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I took my eyes off Lana's hypnotic hair and looked up.
Fiction book (1998) -
He's lost some hair and some color over the years, but he still has the same hypnotic eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
To the beat of drums, they perform rhythmic, hypnotic movements, repeating the same pattern over and over again.
Fiction book (1993) -
Heat waves made the highway appear to ripple, and the undulating movement was hypnotic.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.0
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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5.6
Makes you unable to stop paying attention
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3.7
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
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4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
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4.4
Having a strong, attractive personality that makes people like them
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5.5
A person or thing that holds your full attention as if by magic
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5.8
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
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5.8
Makes you watch and listen because it feels like magic
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5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
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Holding your attention so you cannot stop looking or thinking
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8.3
Attracts and keeps your attention as if by a spell
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.6
A very relaxed state where someone accepts another person's suggestions easily
- Specialized
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5.4
A medicine that calms the brain, reduces worry, and makes you sleep
How Captivating
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnotic = hypnosis (semi-transparent) = hypno + tic
The adjective is derived from 'hypnosis' but the sense 'fascinating/captivating' is a metaphorical extension rather than strictly 'producing hypnosis'.
Etymology
The word hypnotic comes from the Greek root hypno- meaning 'sleep', and is the same root we see in hypnosis. That's why something hypnotic feels so captivating or spell-like—it holds your attention as if your mind becomes quiet like sleep.