Charms - English meaning

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

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 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

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

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

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.

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

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…

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

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.

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

verb

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

Usage examples:

The singer held the audience spellbound

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!