HYPNOTISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypnotised mean? 

• HYPNOTISED (adjective)
  The adjective HYPNOTISED has 1 sense:

1. having your attention fixated as though by a spell

  Familiarity information: HYPNOTISED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPNOTISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having your attention fixated as though by a spell

Synonyms:

fascinated; hypnotised; hypnotized; mesmerised; mesmerized; spell-bound; spellbound; transfixed

Similar:

enchanted (influenced as by charms or incantations)

 Context examples 

At dawn Van Helsing hypnotised me; he says I answered "darkness, creaking wood and roaring water," so the river is changing as they ascend.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At sunset time he hypnotised me, and he says that I answered as usual "darkness, lapping water and creaking wood"; so our enemy is still on the river.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I was becoming hypnotised!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)