glamour

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Synonyms: glamor, clamour, lamour

Antonyms: glamor, clamour, lamour

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Originally, [[enchantment]]; [[magic]] [[charm]]; especially, the effect of a [[spell]] that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or [[repulsive]] things seem [[beauteous]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Alluring [[beauty]] or [[charm]] (often with sex appeal).
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Any [[excitement]], [[appeal]], or [[attractiveness]] associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something [[appealing]].
4. Any artificial [[interest]] in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
5. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.<ref name="power">{{cite-book |en |first=Virginia |last=Postrel |text=Reflecting this sense of the word, by 1902 ''Webster's'' included two new definitions: “a kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are”… |publisher={{w|Simon & Schuster}} |chapter=One: The Magic of Glamour |title=The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion |date=2013-11-05 |isbn=9781476718873}}</ref>
6. {{lb|en|countable}} An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
7. {{lb|en|slang|countable}} A [[beautiful]] woman.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[enchant]]; to [[bewitch]].

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