variants
also glamors
as in spells
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
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Recent Examples of glamours
Sorceresses, with their bewitching glamours and their constant meddling in affairs of state, are pariahs of a different kind.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamours
spells
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But when one of their daughters suddenly begins suffering from unexplained fainting spells, their choice is shaken and strange twists begin to happen.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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This keeps them from being damaged during warm spells that turn cold again.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Glamours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamours. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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