When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
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Hypnotic
//hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk//
Synonyms for "hypnotic" (188 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنَوِّم noun (a soporific substance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- приспивателен adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- хипнотичен adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- приспивателно noun (a soporific substance)
Catalan
4 entries- hipnòtic adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- hipnòtic adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- hipnòtic noun (one who is, or can be, hypnotized)
- hipnòtic noun (a soporific substance)
Czech
4 entries- hypnotický adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- uspávací adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- uspávající adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- hypnotikum noun (a soporific substance)
Esperanto
1 entries- hipnota adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
Finnish
1 entries- hypnoottinen adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
French
3 entries- hypnotique adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- hypnotique adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- narcotique adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
Galician
1 entries- hipnótico adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
German
4 entries- Schlaf adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- einschläfernd adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- hypnotisch adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- Hypnotikum noun (a soporific substance)
Greek
1 entries- υπνωτικός adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
Hindi
4 entries- निद्राकारी adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- संमोहक adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- संमोहक adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- सम्मोहक adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
Ido
2 entries- hipnota adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- hipnotala adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
Irish
3 entries- hiopnóiseach adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- hiopnóiseach adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- hiopnóiseach noun (a soporific substance)
Italian
3 entries- ipnotico adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- ipnotico adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- sonnifero adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
Polish
4 entries- hipnotyczny adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- nasenny adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- lek nasenny noun (a soporific substance)
- środek nasenny noun (a soporific substance)
Portuguese
3 entries- hipnótico adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- sonífero adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- sonífero noun (a soporific substance)
Russian
2 entries- снотво́рный adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- снотво́рное noun (a soporific substance)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- suaineach adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
- suainealach adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- suainealach adj (inducing sleep; soporific)
Spanish
2 entries- hipnótico adj (of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism)
- hipnótico noun (a soporific substance)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
She's very susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.
Source: tatoeba (727174)
It was having a hypnotic effect on me.
Source: tatoeba (11663545)
Ivan should be able to access the museum with his hypnotic skills.
Source: tatoeba (11830335)
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