Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the effect of a charm; fascinating; enchanting; hence, pleasing in the highest degree; delightful.
- Synonyms Enchanting, bewitching, captivating, delightful, lovely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
pleasant ,charismatic - adjective
delightful in aplayful way which avoidsresponsibility orseriousness , as if attracting through a magicalcharm - verb Present participle of
charm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- adjective pleasing or delighting
Etymologies
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Examples
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'And I think it is _most_ charming, Mister Lushington; and I remember me now that Lady Fanny Errol, poor thing, said it would be a _charming_ sight.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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I started getting sick all the time, had trouble sleeping and just wasn’t my usual…..charming….yeah, we’ll go with charming self.
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Calling a video game cute is like calling a house charming in the real estate section of the newspaper, meaning that like charming is code for tiny, cute is usually code for a game for kids.
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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Here they reëmbarked, following a river of wonderful windings, and through a series of magnificent and beautiful lakes, and through a country which they described as charming in the extreme, until they entered the magnificent expanse of Green Bay, at its southern extremity.
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But Benedict, however "charming," is still stifling theologians who challenge ideas about Catholicism, says Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest and former editor of the Jesuit-owned magazine America.
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& odq; I had noticed that she was much changed, & cdq; Mr. Wentworth declared, in a tone whose unexpressive, unimpassioned quality appeared to Felix to reveal a profundity of opposition. & odq; It may be that she is only becoming what you call a charming woman. &cdq;
The Europeans 1878
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His character is described as a charming politician who wants to end his gubernatorial bid after a family scandal.
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These gorgeous little paper cupcake wrappers from Belle & Boo are almost too good to use, so charming is the illustration.
Buy of the day Kate Carter 2010
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Ora recounts in charming detail her 20 miraculously unscathed years of family life, when she and her husband and boys were like a little underground cell in the heart of the 'situation.'
Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010
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Hahahahah Dick calling palin charming and engaging!
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Some folks in north Florida called it worm fiddling, worm rubbing, worm snoring, worm charming, and, of course, worm grunting.
The Worm Charmers Michael Adno 2024
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