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Meanings of hypnotic in anglès

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Class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or for surgical anesthesia.

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        soporífer

        A drug that induces sleep.

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              Examples for "soporific"
              Examples for "soporific"
              1
              Maybe McFarlane's Scots growl just conveys greater determination than Jenkins's soporific slogans.
              The Guardian
              2
              The mere sight of them sparks memories of interminable, soporific biology lessons.
              The Guardian
              3
              It was almost soporific, the hauling of the oars, forward and back.
              Complete Books of Blood
              4
              The next time you smell mignonette, think of it as a soporific.
              Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
              5
              Awake, she felt sorry for herself, and sorrow, no soporific, induced sorrow.
              The Assistant

              Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.

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                    Psychological state.

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                          Usage of hypnotic in anglès
                          1
                          The effect, as my example suggests, can be quite hypnotic or doom-laden.
                          The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
                          2
                          The fundamental principle of the hypnotic state lies in its selective character.
                          Psychotherapy
                          3
                          At that point, Diane, I brought her out of the hypnotic state.
                          My Life, My Tapes
                          4
                          Diane, log the following tape as first hypnotic event, subject Caroline Earle.
                          My Life, My Tapes
                          5
                          Background: Pregnancy is associated with decreased hypnotic requirement, allegedly related to progesterone.
                          Pubmed
                          6
                          The next step is the acquisition of the hypnotic state, per se.
                          A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
                          7
                          As first impressions went Jamie found looking at the acrobats almost hypnotic.
                          The Pilo Family Circus
                          8
                          The room enveloped her with a hypnotic sense of calm and warmth.
                          The unseen
                          9
                          They stood on the bridge and listened to the rhythmic hypnotic knocking.
                          Joe Burke's Last Stand
                          10
                          This year's performance is oddly hypnotic, AND it's got a water feature.
                          The Guardian
                          11
                          He's hammy: he crosses a line into a kind of hypnotic absurdity.
                          The new yorker
                          12
                          Steel structural columns sit inside the wraparound glass, creating hypnotic vertical lines.
                          The Irish Times
                          13
                          Ululations, hypnotic African and techno, trance sounds filter through a smoke-filled stage.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          Sawyer was just completing the passes used to break the hypnotic influence.
                          Equality
                          15
                          In the next chapter, you'll learn how to deepen the self-hypnotic state.
                          A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
                          16
                          Their debut album, released in June, proved just as haunting and hypnotic.
                          The Guardian
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                          Translations for hypnotic
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                          Hypnotic through the time
                          Hypnotic across language varieties
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