hypnotize
verb /ˈhɪpnətaɪz/
/ˈhɪpnətaɪz/
(British English also hypnotise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hypnotize | /ˈhɪpnətaɪz/ /ˈhɪpnətaɪz/ |
| he / she / it hypnotizes | /ˈhɪpnətaɪzɪz/ /ˈhɪpnətaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple hypnotized | /ˈhɪpnətaɪzd/ /ˈhɪpnətaɪzd/ |
| past participle hypnotized | /ˈhɪpnətaɪzd/ /ˈhɪpnətaɪzd/ |
| -ing form hypnotizing | /ˈhɪpnətaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈhɪpnətaɪzɪŋ/ |
- hypnotize somebody to produce a state of hypnosis in somebody
- [usually passive] (formal) to interest somebody so much that they can think of nothing else synonym mesmerize
- be hypnotized (by something) He was hypnotized by her beauty.
- She gazed down into the ocean, hypnotized by the swirling tide.