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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring.
  2. n. Archaic A magic spell; enchantment.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. 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).
  2. To charm; bewitch.

Wiktionary

  1. n. countable an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
  2. n. Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
  3. n. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  4. n. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  5. n. uncountable Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
  2. n. Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
  3. n. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  4. n. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
  2. v. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

Etymologies

  1. From Scots gramarye ("magic, enchantment, spell"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Scots, magic spell, alteration of grammar (from the association of learning with magic). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (7)

Words with the same meaning

  1. witchcraft
  1. magic
  1. spell
  1. attraction
  1. bewitchery
  1. bewitchment
  1. captivation

equivalents (1)

Other words for ‘glamour’

  1. glamour might

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. beauty

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. enchantment
  2. splendour
  3. radiance
  4. loveliness
  1. brilliancy
  2. magnetism
  3. fascination
  4. romance
  1. pathos
  2. glitter
  3. attraction
  4. shimmer
  1. witchery
  2. glimmer
  3. novelty
  4. lustre
  1. illusion
  2. halo
  3. freshness
  4. sublimity
  1. picturesqueness
  2. pomp
  3. attractiveness

rhymes (17)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Amor
  2. Hamer
  3. Hammer
  1. amor
  2. clamor
  3. crammer
  1. dammer
  2. enamor
  3. glamor
  1. grammar
  2. grammer
  3. hammer
  1. jammer
  2. rammer
  3. scammer
  1. slammer
  2. stammer

reverse dictionary (11)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. glamor
  2. glamoury
  1. illusion
  2. glamourous
  1. glamour gift
  2. glamourie
  1. Hayworth
  2. Bankhead
  1. nimbus
  2. glamorous
  1. funky

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  1. British

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  • whichbe Virginia Postrel: The power of glamour Oct 18, 2008

  • punchcard glamour

    In his book It, Stephen King uses the word "glamour" in reference to the creature known as "It" or "Pennywise", saying that it means a creature able either truly to change its shape and/or physical appearance at will, or to be seen as different things by different people. Sep 27, 2008

  • treeseed (n.)a physical illusion created by magic Feb 6, 2008

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