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adjective

ˈchärmd How to pronounce charmed (audio)
Definition of charmednext
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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verb

past tense of charm
1
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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2
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
Adjective
Her presence lights up the set and everyone is charmed and captivated by her. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 May 2026 Williams happened to be passing by as the young dancer was pushing her car down the highway with a friend, and Williams along with his manager stopped to help and was quickly charmed. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Verb
Everyone is giggling about his vocabulary, but they’re still charmed. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 Robert Schwartzman charmed in The Princess Diaries as Michael Moscovitz, Lilly’s shy, hipster older brother, who plays in a band and has a crush on Mia. — Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for charmed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed
  1. enchanted
  2. fascinated
  3. possessed
  4. magic
  5. delighted
  6. cursed
  7. magical
  8. enticed
Adjective
  • Kindergarten is often an enchanted place, one which many children vividly remember all their lives.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Maybe there’s still hope for a new morning, for clouds that cluster like ripe grapes which, when squeezed, will release from the heavens the sweet streams of enchanted days.
    — Ingeborg Bachmann, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of enchanted
Verb
  • The 31-year-old rapper, a member of the megagroup NCT and the leader of its subgroup NCT 127, has seemingly always been fascinated by merging different genres to create a new song.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Questions around beauty and longing recur, as do keywords (such as ‘password’), names, references and scenic features, but what fascinated me most is that in principle each episode could be read as a little patchy universe on its own.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of fascinated
Verb
  • Historically, largetooth sawfish possessed remarkably high genetic diversity spread across different regions of the world.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, that process was based on a predictable pattern, allowing hackers who possessed a sample seed phrase to use trial-and-error to guess others—and clean out Coldcard owners in the process.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of possessed
Adjective
  • The top 50 is the magic number this week because those players are assured to getting into all the $20 million signature events next year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Few stories are as closely associated with the Middle East as Aladdin's magic lamp.
    — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of magic
Verb
  • Jackie and her mate, Shadow, delighted millions of viewers who watched an ongoing live stream of their nest in Big Bear.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Gems remains proud of the movie though, and is delighted by its long shelf life.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of delighted
Verb
  • Pete Davidson is either the luckiest man in Hollywood or a guy cursed with an undeserved bad rap.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • However, Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was fined and suspended for five games after last Tuesday’s contest, when two girls sitting courtside in support of Cunnigham said Keaton cursed at them and called them insane.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cursed
Adjective
  • In the middle of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, the islands are a magical landscape where locals and pilgrims connect with ancient spirits at a sacred waterfall.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Fried practices art history and criticism as a poetic, almost magical endeavor.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of magical
Verb
  • Ryninks was delighted to have enticed such a high calibre of Welsh talent aboard this small indie.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Rebecca and Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) have enticed Ted back to England from Kansas to coach their new women’s team, a motley group of players desperately in need of Ted’s guidance.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
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