hypnotic's Usage Examples:

In the form of extract or tincture it is a valuable remedy in the hands of a medical man, either as an anodyne, a hypnotic or a sedative.

He released her hand, but his eyes still held hers in a hypnotic trance that made her think of Dracula.

enchanting melodies with hypnotic rhythms.

When a good sample is obtained it is a safe and efficient hypnotic, at any rate in the case of a European.

But in natural sleep the action of all parts of the nervous system is subdued, whereas in the hypnotic the reactions of the lower, and some even of the higher, parts are exalted.

Of the other alkaloids narceine is hypnotic, like morphine and codeine, whilst thebaine, papaverine and narcotine have an action which resembles that of strychnine, and is, generally speaking, undesirable or dangerous if at all well marked.

It should be noted that expectations favourable to the new idea had already been created by the interest in mesmerism and the phenomena of hypnotic trance (see Hypnotism), widely diffused at this time both in America and Europe.

The silver around her eyes swirled hypnotically for a moment.

In India from the soma frenzy in the Vedas, through the mystic reveries of the Upanishads, and the hypnotic trances of the ancient Yoga, allied beliefs and practices had never lost their importance and their charm.

Over a hypnotic drumbeat, the vocals are split and phased, comin ' at you from each speaker in a double attack.

), and even of hypnotism (James Braid 1 795 ?The physiological derangement which is the basis of the abeyance of volition may, if hypnotism be profound, pass into more widespread derangement, exhibiting itself as the hypnotic lethargy.

most hypnotics tend to lose sleep promoting properties in 3 to 14 days and anxiolytics were not efficacious after 14 months.

Synonyms:

sleeping capsule, sleeping pill, sleeping draught, hypnagogue, soporific, narcoleptic, drug, sleeping tablet,

Antonyms:

uninviting, interesting, stimulative, bring to, abstain,