as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
the crowd was hypnotized by the powerful, eloquent speaker
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Recent Examples of hypnotize
But no app has quite matched the frictionless, hypnotizing, addictive experience of TikTok.
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
The sequence’s familiar horror-movie grammar — surely nothing is lurking behind the building, right? — is hypnotizing.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
They're hypnotized, just like people on their phones.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
As part of the current surrealist wave, Dan Da Dan can often be hypnotizing to watch, and that’s intentional.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
The sequence’s familiar horror-movie grammar — surely nothing is lurking behind the building, right? — is hypnotizing.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
They're hypnotized, just like people on their phones.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
As part of the current surrealist wave, Dan Da Dan can often be hypnotizing to watch, and that’s intentional.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Hypnotize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypnotize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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