Meaning & use
hypnotic
Causing sleep, drowsiness, or a trance-like state that dulls awareness of one's surroundings.
See it in a sentence
The steady rhythm of the waves had a hypnotic effect on the tired travelers.
She fell under the hypnotic sway of the swaying pendulum.
A note on using this word
Hypnotic can describe both literal sleep-inducing effects and a figuratively spellbinding quality.
Words with a similar meaning
mesmerizingsoporific
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A drug used to induce sleep.
The doctor prescribed a mild hypnotic to help him through a stretch of insomnia.
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