CHARMING: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'chârming
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| Matching Terms: | | charmingly
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- [adj] possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"
- [adj] pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"
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| | Synonyms: | | magic, magical, pleasing, sorcerous, supernatural, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Charm"ing\, a.
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting;
fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy. --Milton.
Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing;
alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable;
graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. --
{Charm"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Charm"ing*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressable, catching, charismatic, Circean, coaxing, come-hither, consequential, coquettish, cuddlesome, delightful, drawing, effective, effectual, efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, estimable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory, important, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, kissable, likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, momentous, mouth-watering, personable, persuasive, piquant, potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, reputable, seducing, seductive, sensuous, seraphic, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive, substantial, sweet, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome, witching |
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