glamour

glamour

noun

Definition of GLAMOUR

1

a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power <the children were so preternaturally well-behaved that they must have been under the power of a glamour of some sort>

Synonyms abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamour (also glamor), hex, incantation, invocation, whammy

Related Words cantrip [chiefly Scottish], curse, jinx; bewitchery, conjuring, magic, mojo, necromancy, sorcery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry; amulet, charm, fetish (also fetich), phylactery, talisman

2

the power of irresistible attraction <the glamour of the fashion industry>

Synonyms allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attractiveness, captivation, charisma, duende, enchantment, fascination, force field, glamour (also glamor), magic, magnetism, oomph, pizzazz (or pizazz), seductiveness, witchery

Related Words allurement, attraction, call, lure, seduction; agreeableness, darlingness, delightfulness, desirability, desirableness, niceness, pleasantness, pleasingness, sweetness; sex appeal

Near Antonyms disagreeableness, distastefulness, obnoxiousness, offensiveness, unpleasantness

Antonyms repulsion, repulsiveness

Variants of GLAMOUR

glamour also glamor