hypnotic (redirected from Hypnotics)

hyp·not·ic  (hp-ntk)

adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to hypnosis.

b. Of or relating to hypnotism.

2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific: read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice.

n.

1.

a. A person who is hypnotized.

b. A person who can be hypnotized.

2. An agent that causes sleep; a soporific.

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[French hypnotique, from Late Latin hypnticus, inducing sleep, from Greek hupntikos, from hupnoun, to put to sleep, from hupnos, sleep; see swep- in Indo-European roots.]

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hyp·noti·cal·ly adv.

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hypnotic

Adjective

1. of or producing hypnosis or sleep

2. having an effect resembling hypnosis: the film makes for hypnotic viewing

Noun

a drug that induces sleep [Greek hupnos sleep]

hypnotically adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hypnotic - a drug that induces sleep soporific drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic 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) hypnagogue - an agent that induces drowsiness or sleep
Adj.	1.	hypnotic - of or relating to hypnosis
	2.	hypnotic - 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" mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

Translations

hypnotic [hɪpˈnɔtɪk] adj → hipnótico

hypnotic [hɪpˈnɔtɪk] adj → hypnotique

hypnotic [hɪpˈnɔtɪk] hypnosis adj → hypnotisierend;

(trance) → hypnotisch

hypnotic [hɪpˈnɔtɪk] adj → ipnotico/a