hypnotize
verb
hyp·no·tize
ˈhip-nə-ˌtīz 
hypnotized; hypnotizing
1
: to induce hypnosis in
2
: to dazzle or overcome by or as if by suggestion
a voice that hypnotizes its hearers
drivers hypnotized by speed
Synonyms
Examples of hypnotize in a Sentence
The therapist hypnotized him and asked him questions about his traumatic experiences in the war.
He can hypnotize people with his stare.
Recent Examples on the Web
Remember when Jokic showed up late to a postgame news conference, startling everyone with his explanation that he was too hypnotized by March Madness to walk away from the locker room TV?
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
The animation, full of exaggerated appendages and character design that border on the grotesque, is hypnotizing, and the story propels forward with the furious pace of a mighty cyclist.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Seeing that further conjured my empathy for Katia and Maurice—I was hypnotized by the lava.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023
Silverman argued that a man who had designs on both his client and her husband’s business had hypnotized his client to convince her to have her husband killed.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
The animation, full of exaggerated appendages and character design that border on the grotesque, is hypnotizing, and the story propels forward with the furious pace of a mighty cyclist.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Seeing that further conjured my empathy for Katia and Maurice—I was hypnotized by the lava.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023
Silverman argued that a man who had designs on both his client and her husband’s business had hypnotized his client to convince her to have her husband killed.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
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hypnotize
verb
hyp·no·tize
ˈhip-nə-ˌtīz
hypnotized; hypnotizing
1
: to cause hypnosis in
2
: to deaden judgment or resistance by or as if by hypnotic suggestion
Medical Definition
hypnotize
transitive verb
hyp·no·tize
variants
also British hypnotise
hypnotized also British hypnotised; hypnotizing also British hypnotising
1
: to induce hypnosis in
2
: to influence by or as if by suggestion
a voice that hypnotizes its hearers
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