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
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 July 2025
The fee is simply a stagehand in a hypnotic opera where access is the diva – and sometimes that access takes you backstage to dine with the performers.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 29 July 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
For the lip, Freedman and Zeta-Jones settled on a deep plum shade, one as equally hypnotic as the colors on her eyes.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 July 2025
The fee is simply a stagehand in a hypnotic opera where access is the diva – and sometimes that access takes you backstage to dine with the performers.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypnotic
Adjective
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So the design team, led by Kristin Byrd of Gensler, zeroed in on making the public spaces look and feel more intimate and more soothing on a site that's traditionally soaking up the summer sun and its heat.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Warm and soothing neutral tones permeate the interiors, permitting the products to project.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Opioids: Often used with sedatives to provide pain relief.—
Pamela Assid,
Verywell Health,
21 July 2025
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On top of this, older people are also more likely to take medications, such as diuretics or sedatives, that cause dehydration or further impact the body’s ability to sweat.789 Older adults are also more likely to have chronic diseases, which can worsen in extreme heat.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
26 June 2025
Noun
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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
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According to the municipal code, tranquilizers can be used as a means of capture.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
22 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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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
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The driver in a crash along Interstate 25 near Mead that closed the roadway for 11 hours on May 29 appeared to be drowsy, according to a Colorado State Patrol crash report.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
4 June 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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