- hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
Antonym: unattractive (indirect, via attractive)
- soporific, hypnotic - a drug that induces sleep
--1 is a kind of drug; hypnagogue
--1 has particulars:narcoleptic; sleeping pill, sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught