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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hip-nuh-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz



Definition of hypnotizing

Origin :
  • 1843, see hypnotic + -ize. Related: Hypnotized; hypnotizing.
  • verb put in trance; spellbind
Example sentences :
  • The man with the green turban was no longer engaged in hypnotizing.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • The imagination of the hypnotized person is the only hypnotizing agency.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • All hypnotizing therefore ought to be interdicted by the state.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Occasionally, while hypnotizing a new subject, he will open his eyes.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • My name drifting continually over them has a way of hypnotizing me.
  • Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht
  • But there is no end to the new information which I get from my hypnotizing correspondents.
  • Extract from : « Psychology and Social Sanity » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • I could not catch what he said, but I knew it was his work of hypnotizing Mexico.
  • Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
  • The third method is what I can only describe as hypnotizing the people.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy
  • Life contracts to a vivid, hypnotizing point; all else is shadow.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd
  • Since her childhood, Mrs. Markham has been hypnotizing her—for her own purposes.
  • Extract from : « The House of Mystery » by William Henry Irwin

Synonyms for hypnotizing

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