Hypnotic

[hɪp'nɒtɪk] or [hɪp'nɑtɪk]

Definition

(adj.) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; 'read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice'; 'she had a warm mesmeric charm'; 'the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing'; 'a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome' .

(adj.) of or relating to hypnosis .

Typist: Melba--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

(a.) Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

(n.) Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

(n.) A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Edited by Ervin

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Soporific, somniferous.

n. Narcotic, soporific, anodyne, opiate.

Edited by Gertrude