Glamour

Word GLAMOUR
Character 7
Hyphenation gla mour
Pronunciations /ˈɡlæmə/

Definitions and meanings of "Glamour"

What do we mean by glamour?

Exciting or mysterious attractiveness usually associated with striking physical beauty, luxury, or celebrity. noun

Magic cast by a spell; enchantment. noun

To charm; bewitch.

Enchantment; a supposed influence of a charm on the eye, causing it to see objects under an unreal semblance; hence, anything that obscures or deceives vision, physical or mental; fascination; charm; witchery. Compare gramary (originally the same word). noun

A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. noun

Witchcraft; magic; a spell. noun

A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. noun

Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. noun

The gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. noun

An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance noun

Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. noun

A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. noun

Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified. noun

Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) noun

Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) noun

Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something verb

Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seems beauteous.

Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).

Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.

Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.

A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.

An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Glamour

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The word "glamour" in example sentences

Even the word glamour has magic roots, as a charm cast to transform appearances. ❋ By ASHLEY MEARS (2011)

Berry is a vocal critic of what he calls the glamour of newness, ease, and affluence; and a champion of distraction. ❋ Manny Howard (2010)

It is what you call a glamour, an interlude of witchcraft. ❋ Norman Douglas (1910)

"That's not work, that's what we call the glamour gig," he laughs of his too-brief time on the set of Hellboy 2. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the emblem of Indian glamour is in the throes of a comeback, and these women had come to the DLF Emporio mall to attend "sari school." ❋ Emily Wax (2010)

Both book and film stripped the glamour from the mafia and revealed its protagonists for what they were: ruthless, banal, sociopathic thugs far removed from elegant, Godfatherly sophistication and singing in a very different choir from the Sopranos. ❋ Duncan Campbell (2010)

In the documentary, more glamour is added when the lanky model, Hilary Rhoda of Chevy Chase, Md., wears the precious stone in the new setting. ❋ Jacqueline Trescott (2010)

Ms. Jung is a corporate celebrity in China, where she has been dubbed "glamour queen" by some local media. ❋ Ellen Byron (2011)

The flip side of glamour is horror: the vampire, the con man, the femme fatale, the double agent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In any case glamour is neither a goal nor a particularly favorable circumstance in most cases, but rather an affliction attached to some good work after the myth-makers and the icon-builders have got hold of it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The initial appeal for me was immediate because (1) there is a certain glamour associated with steampunk; (2) I thoroughly enjoy Sherlock Holmes stories; and (3) who doesn't love a good zombie story? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Airline glamour is an oxymoron, says a bicoastal friend. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But glamour is always an illusion, an imaginative picture with the blemishes removed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Though Frankel dismissed both books as poorly written, he conceded that espionage as subject matter offered a certain glamour, and suggested that "as literary experience, this new genre must be reckoned with." ❋ Unknown (2007)

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