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Trancelike
see synonyms of trancelikeAdjective
1. trancelike
as if in a trance
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Trancelike
see synonyms of trancelikenoun
1.
a hypnotic state resembling sleep
2.
any mental state in which a person is unaware or apparently unaware of the environment, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, rigidity, and lack of sensitivity to external stimuli
3.
a dazed or stunned state
4.
a state of ecstasy or mystic absorption so intense as to cause a temporary loss of consciousness at the earthly level
5. spiritualism
a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead
6.
a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect
verb
7. (transitive)
to put into or as into a trance
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Trancelike
see synonyms of trancelike noun
1.
a state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as in hypnosis
2.
a stunned condition; daze; stupor
3.
a condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism
4.
in spiritualistic belief, a condition in which a medium passes under the control of some external force, as for the transmission of communications from the dead during a séance
verb transitiveWord forms: tranced or ˈtrancing
5. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
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Trancelike
see synonyms of tranceliken.
1. A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.
2. Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.
3. A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.
4. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often a hypnotic effect.
tr.v. tranced, tranc·ing, tranc·es
To put into a trance; entrance.
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