Antonyms for hypnotize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hip-nuh-tahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz

Definition of hypnotize

Origin : 1843, see hypnotic + -ize. Related: Hypnotized; hypnotizing.

verb put in trance; spellbind

Example sentences :

But the sound of Peter's narrative seemed to fascinate—to hypnotize him.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

If he should hypnotize her, what was there to prevent his learning everything.
Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks

Her husband wanted me to hypnotize her but I preferred another way.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

Now we come to the point where the subject wishes to hypnotize himself.
Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers

You carried her off against her will—and did what you could to hypnotize her into marrying you.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer

She'd come in to drag him out shoppin' and hypnotize him into loosenin' up.
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

When you attempted to hypnotize me, I didn't known what you wanted.
Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell

Its beady eyes held me for a moment, as they are said to hypnotize a bird.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

She needed all her courage; it seemed as though he were trying to hypnotize her.
Extract from : « Nobody's Girl » by Hector Malot

What the dickens has this girl done to them, to hypnotize them so?
Extract from : « The Rose Garden Husband » by Margaret Widdemer

Synonyms for hypnotize

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