as in soothing
tending to cause sleep
her eyes soon grew heavy from the hypnotic rhythm of the train's wheels
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Recent Examples of hypnotic
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
Unlike telepaths, who can read minds, hypnotics have the power to control them, reshaping a person’s reality and redirecting their impulses.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
The novel’s signature is its unusual form, which strings together short, hypnotic phrases, blurring the boundary between novel and poem.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Clues point Rourke toward Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), a storefront psychic who fills the detective in on the phenomenon of hypnotics.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
Unlike telepaths, who can read minds, hypnotics have the power to control them, reshaping a person’s reality and redirecting their impulses.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
Noun
The result is a magnificent mess: hypnotic to watch, brimming with ideas, and strangely hollow.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
The novel’s signature is its unusual form, which strings together short, hypnotic phrases, blurring the boundary between novel and poem.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypnotic
Adjective
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And to keep the delicate eye area calm, La Roche-Posay’s signature thermal spring water provides a soothing, antioxidant boost, helping ease irritation while addressing the water retention that often contributes to puffiness.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
22 Aug. 2025
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The suite’s interiors reflect the nature on the doorstep, with a soothing color palette of earthy browns, soft taupes and warm greens.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cases of bromide poisoning largely disappeared once the US Food and Drug Administration started prohibiting its use in 1975, but that number is ticking upwards in recent years thanks to its reintroduction into unregulated dietary supplements and sedatives.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, alcohol has a calming, sedative effect because of its role as a nervous system depressant.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The dosage of the tranquilizer would depend on the weight of the elephant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The medical staff gave her Xanax, a tranquilizer, and the painkiller oxycodone in pill form, according to medical records Sono Bello turned over to Schaeffer’s attorney.—
Fred Schulte,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Toon is made by dipping paper into a liquid narcotic drug and drying it.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Robotic surgery reduces recovery time to four weeks with a lifting limit of 20 pounds and only three narcotic pills.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The YouTube search results have warped into an apparent AI breeding ground, crammed with hourlong mixes full of soporific dreck.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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Prince Valiant Much of Spaceballs' plot kicks off when Daphne Zuniga's Princess Vespa runs away from her soporific betrothed, Prince Valium (the mighty Jim J. Bullock), at the altar.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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According to a report, the man died after not receiving the proper care for his ALS and opiate withdrawal.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
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Toward the end of Thursday’s questioning, the defense asked Ventura about the 2016 InterContinental hotel freak-off, where the video of Combs beating Ventura in a hallway came from, and tried to indicate Combs was going through opiate withdrawal at the time, The New York Times reported.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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There’s nothing quite as soothing as the drowsy calmness that washes over you when your partner runs their hands through your hair.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Almost 700 crashes have been caused by drowsy semi-truck drivers statewide since 2015, resulting in around 350 injuries and two fatalities, according to the release.—
Annie Goldman,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Alan Fox’s script is rife with clunkers (the somnolent Ilfenesh Hadera, as David’s wife Pam, explains with haunting detail which items of decor on the dining table can be moved where by the police), and the intrusive score is the equivalent of garish wall-to-wall carpeting.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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While there are a half-dozen or so worthy books on the list, most of them are somnolent doctoral theses that probably should not have been acquired in the first place.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
21 May 2025
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“Hypnotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypnotic. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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