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glamour

noun
variants: also glamor

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of glamour

abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, hex, incantation, invocation, spell, whammy
Words Related to glamour

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 of glamour

allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attractiveness, captivation, charisma, charm, duende, enchantment, fascination, force field, magic, magnetism, oomph, pizzazz (or pizazz), seductiveness, witchery
Words Related to glamour

allurement, attraction, call, lure, seduction

agreeableness, darlingness, delightfulness, desirability, desirableness, niceness, pleasantness, pleasingness, sweetness

sex appeal
Near Antonyms of glamour

disagreeableness, distastefulness, obnoxiousness, offensiveness, unpleasantness
Antonyms of glamour

repulsion, repulsiveness

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