Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense hypnotizes, present participle hypnotizing, past tense, past participle hypnotizedregional note: in BRIT, also use hypnotise
1. verb
If someone hypnotizes you, they put you into a state in which you seem to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to you.
A hypnotherapist will hypnotize you and will stop you from smoking. [VERB noun]
Surprisingly, the ability to hypnotize yourself can be learnt in a single session. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
Synonyms: mesmerize, put in a trance, put to sleep More Synonyms of hypnotize
2. verb [usually passive]
If you are hypnotizedby someone or something, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think of anything else.
He's hypnotized by that black hair and that white face. [beVERB-ed]
Davey sat as if hypnotized by the sound of Nick's voice. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: fascinate, absorb, entrance, magnetize More Synonyms of hypnotize
hypnotize in British English
or hypnotise (ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to induce hypnosis in (a person)
2.
to charm or beguile; fascinate
Derived forms
hypnotizable (ˈhypnoˌtizable) or hypnotisable (ˈhypnoˌtisable)
adjective
hypnotizability (ˌhypnoˌtizaˈbility) or hypnotisability (ˌhypnoˌtisaˈbility)
noun
hypnotization (ˌhypnotiˈzation) or hypnotisation (ˌhypnotiˈsation)
noun
hypnotizer (ˈhypnoˌtizer) or hypnotiser (ˈhypnoˌtiser)
noun
hypnotize in American English
(ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhypnoˌtized or ˈhypnoˌtizing
1.
to put into a state of hypnosis
2.
to affect or influence by or as if by hypnotism; spellbind
Derived forms
hypnotizable (ˈhypnoˌtizable)
adjective
Examples of 'hypnotize' in a sentence
hypnotize
The hypnotized person hears only one voice and blocks out all others.
Mansfield, Patricia Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
In other languages
hypnotize
British English: hypnotize VERB
If someone hypnotizes you, they put you into a state in which you seem to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to you.
A hypnotherapist will hypnotize you and will stop you from smoking.