Charm - English meaning

exclamation

A word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick.

Usage examples:

The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra!

noun

Language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power.

Usage examples:

I get so fed up with all the mumbo jumbo and abracadabra

exclamation

Said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help perform it successfully

noun

The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Usage examples:

People for whom gold holds no allure

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

noun

The quality of being attractive, interesting, or exciting

Usage examples:

The allure of working in television, sexual allure

noun

An ornament or small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease.

Usage examples:

Cameos and intaglios were often mounted as rings, worn as amulets or brooches, and sometimes even m…

noun

An object worn because it is believed to protect against evil, disease, or unhappiness

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident

noun

A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

His mother made an appeal for the return of the ring

verb

To be interesting or attractive

Usage examples:

Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old., [ t ] the verdict was appealed t…

verb

Cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.

Usage examples:

A campaign to attract more visitors to shetland

verb

To cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something

Usage examples:

An open flame attracts moths., the tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city.,…

verb

To make people want to visit a place or find out more about something

Usage examples:

Attract visitors/audiences/fans the exhibition attracted over 10,000 visitors., attract interest/at…

noun

The quality of being pleasing or appealing to the senses.

Usage examples:

This scheme could enhance the attractiveness of the area

noun

The quality of being very pleasing in appearance or sound

Usage examples:

She is well aware of her attractiveness to men., physical attractiveness is very important to some …

noun

The quality of causing interest or making people want to do something

Usage examples:

High mortgage rates have decreased the attractiveness of home-owning., when the dollar is weak, it …

noun

A small, showy trinket or decoration.

Usage examples:

Clutch bags embellished with glittering baubles

noun

A piece of bright but cheap jewellery

noun

A ball-shaped christmas decoration for hanging on a tree

noun

A combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Usage examples:

I was struck by her beauty

adjective

Good; excellent (used as a general term of approval).

Usage examples:

That's beauty mate, and a nice fish too!

noun

An attractive quality that gives pleasure to those who experience it or think about it, or a person who has this attractive quality

Usage examples:

[ u ] the grand canyon’s natural beauty attracts tourists from all over., [ c ] at 37 she was known…

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Usage examples:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Usage examples:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

To persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them

Usage examples:

He was completely beguiled by her beauty., the salesman beguiled him into buying a car he didn't wa…

verb

Enchant and delight (someone).

Usage examples:

They both were bewitched by the golden luminosity of italy

verb

To attract or interest someone a lot so that you have the power to influence them

Usage examples:

He was bewitched by her beauty.

verb

To put a magic spell on someone or something in order to control him, her, or it

adjective

(especially of a house or flat) small and elegant.

Usage examples:

A bijou residence

noun

A jewel or trinket.

Usage examples:

For street fashion and younger boutiques - plus antiques and bijoux objets - head for the pedestria…

adjective

(especially of a building) small but attractive

Usage examples:

The street is lined with bijou cafés and bars., the agent described the flat as a bijou residence.

noun

A flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something.

Usage examples:

The blandishments of the travel brochure

noun

Pleasant words or actions used in order to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

She was impervious to his blandishments.

verb

Attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm.

Usage examples:

He was captivated by her beauty

verb

To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, charming, or attractive

Usage examples:

Her singing captivated audiences everywhere.

verb

To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive

Usage examples:

With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.

noun

Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.

Usage examples:

He has tremendous charisma and stage presence

noun

The ability to attract the attention and admiration of others, and to be seen as a leader

Usage examples:

To be a great leader, a person has to have some charisma., he was the charismatic leader his people…

noun

A special power that some people have naturally that makes them able to influence other people and attract their attention and admiration

Usage examples:

On screen garbo had this great charisma so that you couldn't take your eyes off her., how did a man…

verb

(of a bright light) blind (a person or their eyes) temporarily.

Usage examples:

She was dazzled by the headlights

noun

Brightness that blinds someone temporarily.

Usage examples:

I screwed my eyes up against the dazzle

verb

To cause someone to feel strong admiration of something or someone

Usage examples:

He was dazzled by rome’s architectural treasures.

verb

Please (someone) greatly.

Usage examples:

An experience guaranteed to delight both young and old

noun

Great pleasure.

Usage examples:

The little girls squealed with delight

noun

Great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness, or something or someone that gives this

Usage examples:

[ c ] my sister’s little boy is a real delight., [ u ] his music teacher expressed delight with his…

noun

The quality of being desirable.

Usage examples:

We agree on the desirability of a negotiated settlement

noun

The quality of being sexually attractive

Usage examples:

She was aware of her desirability., too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.

noun

The quality of being worth having

Usage examples:

Desirability of too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

verb

Be filled with love for.

Usage examples:

It is not difficult to see why edward is enamoured of her

verb

To cause someone to like or love something or someone

Usage examples:

The tail fins and rocket details of 1950s cars were an impression of the technology that enamoured …

verb

Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.

Usage examples:

Isabel was enchanted with the idea

verb

To charm or please someone a lot

Usage examples:

He was enchanted by stories of the old west.

verb

To attract or please someone very much

Usage examples:

The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.

verb

Give intense pleasure or joy to.

Usage examples:

Ruth was enraptured by the sleeping child

verb

To give someone very great pleasure

Usage examples:

The performance enraptured adults and children alike.

verb

Capture the fascinated attention of.

Usage examples:

She had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold

verb

To keep someone completely interested

Usage examples:

The baseball game completely enthralled the crowd., the audience was enthralled for two hours by a …

noun

Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure.

Usage examples:

Financial enticements

noun

The act of persuading someone to do something by offering them something pleasant

Usage examples:

One of the enticements of the job is the company car., foreign investors were offered every imagina…

verb

Attract the strong attention and interest of (someone).

Usage examples:

I've always been fascinated by computers

verb

To have someone’s complete interest and attention

Usage examples:

Anything to do with airplanes and flying fascinates him., the children were fascinated by the story…

verb

To interest someone a lot

Usage examples:

Science has always fascinated me., anything to do with planes and flying fascinates him.

noun

A form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc.

Usage examples:

A man with a fetish for surgical masks

noun

An activity or object that someone is interested in to an extreme degree and that the person gives an unreasonable amount of time or thought to

Usage examples:

He had a fetish about clothes.

noun

A sexual interest in an object or a part of the body other than the sexual organs

Usage examples:

A rubber/foot fetish, fetish for he has a fetish for high heels., fetish about uk it is possible to…

noun

An attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing.

Usage examples:

The glamour of monte carlo

noun

A quality of someone or something that causes excitement and admiration because of its style or attractive appearance

Usage examples:

Hollywood glamour, the downhill race was one of the glamour events of the winter olympics.

noun

The special exciting and attractive quality of a person, place, or activity

Usage examples:

Glamour of who can resist the glamour of hollywood?

verb

Cast a spell on; bewitch.

Usage examples:

He hexed her with his fingers

noun

A magic spell; a curse.

Usage examples:

A death hex

adjective

Short for hexadecimal.

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

verb

To produce hypnosis in someone, or to completely influence someone

Usage examples:

The crowd sits hypnotized by harper’s trumpet.

verb

To put someone in a state of hypnosis

Usage examples:

She agreed to be hypnotized to try to remember what had happened.

noun

An image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

Usage examples:

These were, we must remember, unbelieving gentiles, worshipers of idols and knew very little of the…

noun

Someone who is admired and respected very much

Usage examples:

A pop/sporting idol, the hollywood film idols of the 1940s were glamorous figures, adored by millio…

noun

A picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion

Usage examples:

The ancient people of this area worshipped a huge bronze idol in the shape of an elephant.

noun

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

Usage examples:

An incantation to raise the dead

noun

(the performance of) words that are believed to have a magical effect when spoken or sung

Usage examples:

Chant an incantation around the fire, tribal elders chanted incantations.

noun

A person or thing that brings bad luck.

Usage examples:

One was never to wish luck to someone going hunting or fishing, as it was seen as a jinx

verb

Bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on.

Usage examples:

The play is jinxed

exclamation

Said when two people inadvertently say the same thing at once.

Usage examples:

‘what's happened?’ we both say at exactly the same time. ‘jinx!’

noun

A style of music popular among the yoruba in nigeria and characterized by the use of guitars and variable-pitch drums.

Usage examples:

Perhaps nigeria's most popular form of music is juju, which uses traditional drums and percussion i…

noun

A charm or fetish, especially of a type used by some west african peoples.

Usage examples:

These sun jujus are made from recycled mardi gras beads based on a spiritcatcher/voodoo doll; hang …

noun

A belief system that includes magical objects, especially a traditional religion of some west african countries, or the magical powers that someone or something has according to these beliefs

Usage examples:

They have tried to eliminate juju, or witchcraft, but it still has many believers., that man has ju…

noun

The quality of being very beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

I was enthralled with the sheer loveliness of the setting

noun

Beauty

Usage examples:

She was a vision of loveliness in her wedding dress., the loveliness of england's north-eastern coa…

verb

Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

Usage examples:

The child was lured into a car but managed to escape

noun

Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.

Usage examples:

The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls

noun

Variant spelling of lur.

noun

The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open

adjective

Having or apparently having supernatural powers.

Usage examples:

A magic wand

verb

Move, change, or create by or as if by magic.

Usage examples:

He must have been magicked out of the car at the precise second it exploded

noun

A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.

Usage examples:

Relativity would arrive, not from concerns over the flaws in newton's mechanics, but rather from co…

noun

The power of a magnet to attract other objects

Usage examples:

Fig. elvis’s animal magnetism (= powerful physical attraction) made him a beloved celebrity to mill…

noun

Sorcery; witchcraft.

Usage examples:

The urewera, famed all over new zealand for their skill in makutu practices, often used spittle as …

noun

A person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck, especially one linked to a particular organization or event.

Usage examples:

The team's dolphin mascot

noun

A person, animal, or object used as a symbol and believed to bring good luck

Usage examples:

Their team’s mascot is a goat.

verb

Capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix.

Usage examples:

They were mesmerized by his story

verb

To hold completely the attention or interest of someone

Usage examples:

Her beautiful voice mesmerized the audience., a mesmerizing performance

noun

A magic charm, talisman, or spell.

Usage examples:

Someone must have their mojo working over at the record company

noun

A cuban sauce or marinade containing garlic, olive oil, and sour oranges.

Usage examples:

For local flavours, the piquant sauce called mojo is important.

noun

A quality that attracts people to you and makes you successful and full of energy

Usage examples:

He's definitely lost his mojo., he needs to get his mojo working if he's going to win the election.

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

An object that is decorative rather than useful

Usage examples:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, victorian-era ornaments., climbing plants ornamented …

noun

An item worn as a charm or amulet.

Usage examples:

And do not let my wizard's robes and periapts deceive you!

noun

A small leather box containing hebrew texts on vellum, worn by jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.

Usage examples:

Although not usually religious he grasped the jewish artefacts, his phylacteries, in his jacket poc…

verb

Cause to feel happy and satisfied.

Usage examples:

He arranged a fishing trip to please his son

adverb

Used in polite requests or questions.

Usage examples:

Please address letters to the editor

exclamation

Commonly used in order to make a request more polite, or, sometimes, to make it stronger or urgent

Usage examples:

Could i please have some ketchup for my hamburger?, please be sure to take all your personal belong…

noun

The quality of being pleasant to look at

Usage examples:

Her prettiness was matched by her intelligence.

verb

Seize and carry off (someone) by force.

Usage examples:

There is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast

verb

To give great pleasure to someone

Usage examples:

I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.

noun

A letter of an ancient germanic alphabet, related to the roman alphabet.

Usage examples:

Long ago, a rune had been carved in the centre of the stone

verb

Entice (someone) into sexual activity.

Usage examples:

A lawyer had seduced a female client

verb

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

verb

To persuade or trick someone into doing something by making it very attractive

Usage examples:

Nowadays you have to seduce students into learning through colorful graphics or exciting adventure …

noun

The quality of making someone feel attracted to you and want to have sex with you

Usage examples:

He has a sweet, boy-next-door seductiveness., the dangerous seductiveness of new technology

noun

The use of magic, especially black magic.

Usage examples:

I don't know whether you believe in witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, and all that kind of thing.

noun

A type of magic that is used esp. to harm someone or make things happen

verb

Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.

Usage examples:

Dolly spelled her name

noun

A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.

Usage examples:

A spell is laid on the door to prevent entry

verb

Allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in an activity.

Usage examples:

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel

verb

Hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate.

Usage examples:

The singer held the audience spellbound

noun

An object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.

Usage examples:

Those rings, so fresh and gleaming, were their talismans

noun

An object believed to bring good luck or to keep its owner safe from harm

noun

A natural object or animal that is believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and that is adopted by it as an emblem.

Usage examples:

The meat of one's clan totem was traditionally avoided; even today animals representing totems are …

noun

An object that is a symbol for a group of people

Usage examples:

They thought of him as a good-luck totem.

noun

A small ornament or item of jewellery that is of little value.

Usage examples:

She missed the little trinkets and jewellery that were on display from tabletops.

noun

A small, decorative object or item of jewelry of little value

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young

verb

Be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict).

Usage examples:

United won four games in a row

noun

A successful result in a contest, conflict, bet, or other endeavour; a victory.

Usage examples:

A 3–0 win over birmingham

verb

To defeat a competitor, or to achieve first position or get a prize in a competition

Usage examples:

[ i ] did they win last night?, [ t ] our team won the game!

noun

The practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells.

Usage examples:

Children and goods were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours

noun

The use of magic, esp. in stories, to help or harm people

noun

The art or practice of magic.

Usage examples:

Merlin used his powers of wizardry for good

noun

The skill of a wizard

Usage examples:

Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property wi…