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hypnotized

hypnotized

9 5.3
Your attention is fixed as if under a spell
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪzd/
  • US
: hipnotizado
  • As he spoke, I felt hypnotized, completely absorbed in his story.

Now she got about a million motherfuckers to look at who hypnotized by the shit his bitch got.

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Examples

  • But when I'm driving on the highway, sometimes I get like hypnotized by like the lines.

  • And I was, I've just stood there hypnotized, transfixed.

  • Oh, oh, you get hypnotized in a commercial?

  • So either I've been hypnotized or this kind of works.

  • Well, it was weird because I had this experience and then I, I was hypnotized and then I didn't remember it.

  • It's almost like they were wide awake, hypnotized, and then boom, like snap of a finger.

  • Bizarrely, you get slightly hypnotised by the movement.

  • And I found myself hypnotized by this false confidence as I'm like, Oh yeah, she's already seen the decorations.

  • The audience was hypnotized by the magician's captivating performance.

  • She was so hypnotized by the beautiful scenery that she couldn't take her eyes off it.

Synonyms

fascinated
vshypnotized
170 2.1

Very interested and unable to stop paying attention

is more about a trance that fixes attention completely
charmed
vshypnotized
49 4.2

Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell

is deeper and suggests attention fixed as if enchanted
mesmerized
vshypnotized
  • US
26 6.0

Unable to look away because something is very interesting

is similar but suggests trance-like complete absorption
absorbed
vshypnotized
23 3.6

Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things

is more like a spellbound state than mere involvement
captivated
vshypnotized
19 3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

is more like an immobilizing trance than gentle attraction
enthralled
vshypnotized
16 6.9

Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away

is more about an unshakable, trance-like fixation than delight
transfixed
vshypnotized
16 6.7

Unable to look away and to move because you feel very surprised or amazed

is more about fascinated absorption than physical immobility
engrossed
vshypnotized
14 4.5

Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested

is like that attention but with trance or spell imagery
under a spell
vshypnotized
11 6.7

Very fascinated and unable to control your actions or feelings

is the same idea but emphasizes lasting deep absorption
rapt
vshypnotized
  • Formal
11 7.5

Fully focused and very interested in something

is more like being under a spell than simple absorption
entranced
vshypnotized
10 5.8

Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away

is similar but suggests a stronger, more fixed trance
spellbound
vshypnotized
8 5.2

So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening

is about fixed attention rather than only magical feeling
bewitched
vshypnotized
5 7.4

Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something

is similar but can be used without literal magic sense
beguiled
vshypnotized
1 7.7

You feel charmed and full of wonder

is stronger, implying an almost hypnotic or trance state
ensorcelled
vshypnotized
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants

is comparable but often used more figuratively in feeling
enwrapped
vshypnotized
1 7.6

Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things

is more about being held immobile by a trance

How Absorbed

entranced
10 5.8
hypnotized
  • US
9 5.3
fascinated
170 2.1
engrossed
14 4.5
interested
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hypnotized positive

Morphology

hypnotized = hypnotize (transparent) = hypnot + ize + ed

Formed by the verb 'hypnotize' plus the regular past/adjectival suffix '-ed', yielding the meaning 'in a hypnotic state'.

Etymology

The word hypnotized comes from the Greek root hypnos meaning 'sleep' and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So, to be hypnotized is to be made 'sleep-like' or as if in a trance, which is why it means being deeply fixed in attention and unable to look away.