as in enchanted
being or appearing to be under a magic spell
you must be living a charmed life if you haven't caught the flu that's going around
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as in fascinated
to attract or delight as if by magic
a quaint seaside village that charms all who visit it
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as in possessed
to cast a spell on
in one version of the tale, it is a vengeful fairy who charms Sleeping Beauty so that she falls into a sleep for a hundred years
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Recent Examples of charmed
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
In the process, what long seemed like an angel on their shoulder — the charmed Chiefs — morphed into their nemesis.
—Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
One Skier Had a Different Reaction While the moment charmed spectators, at least one skier had a more complicated experience on the course.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
In Uptown Girls, Molly (Murphy) lives a charmed life as the daughter of a deceased rockstar who left her everything, until her greedy wealth manager skips town with all her money.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
In the process, what long seemed like an angel on their shoulder — the charmed Chiefs — morphed into their nemesis.
—Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
Yet Eli Talley as Ponyboy and Vincent Michael impressed — and charmed — the hell out of me in their respective shows.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
One Skier Had a Different Reaction While the moment charmed spectators, at least one skier had a more complicated experience on the course.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed
Adjective
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The inner beauty theme inspires this classic story that follows Belle, who sets out to find her father but ends up in the adventure of a lifetime in an enchanted castle with a mysterious beast.—
Karen Cicero,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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When the trees in the enchanted forest threw apples at Dorothy, an orchard full of red foam balls fell onto the viewers.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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Spielberg has been fascinated by the UFO topic his whole career, with his 1977 classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind still considered by many to be the most compelling dramatization of the subject.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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Shawn, too, is wracked and fascinated by the human ability to smile and smile and be a villain.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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At the start of the campaign, Israel estimated Iran possessed roughly 3,000 missiles.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Getting possessed gets Ida killed, not that Mary Shelley seems to care.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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According to AltarR Capital founder and managing partner Igor Ryabenky, investors are now avoiding companies that use AI like a magic catch-all.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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Regular magic devotees such as myself will have seen all of his tricks before, in the raw sense, but his show is highly engaging nonetheless because of his ability to live in the moment and react in a live way to what is going on in the room.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The comparison likely delighted Israel’s longest-serving leader, whose supporters rapidly shared the article on social media.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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On a weekend morning at the San Jose Mylapore, when my husband and I waited in a line that lasted over an hour, the staffers brought us a tray containing small cups of agathi keerai rice, a delicious, hunter green mix that delighted us.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Is there something tainted or cursed about this place?—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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That person is then cursed and slated for murder.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Steve Carell taught it, and Adam McKay developed an entire new way of doing it with his group, so to get in there and have that happen was just absolutely magical.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Nobody has ever called Brentford head coach Keith Andrews a magical or imaginary being.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The team’s top five leaders in minutes this year are all returning players, giving the program unusual continuity during an era when successful mid-major squads often lose their best players through the transfer portal, enticed by more money from power conference schools.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Players from all over were enticed by the Raiders, who opened up the coffers to land key free agent additions, including linebackers Quay Walker and Nakobe Dean.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Charmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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