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Glamor

Definition: Glamor

Glamor

Noun

1. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "glamor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references)


Synonym: Glamor

Synonym: glamour (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Glamor

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Sorcery

Noun: sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism, vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Glamor

Specialty definitions using "glamor": Actor and Actress. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Glamor" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (glamor, glamour).

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Modern Usage: Glamor

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Dravidian Glamor (1934)

Maximum Perversum 45: Glamor Girls (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Glamor

DomainTitle

Books

  • Hollywood Glamor Portraits: 145 Photos of Stars, 1926-1949 (reference)

  • McCall's Guide to Teenage Beauty and Glamor (reference)

  • Of Glamor, Sex and De Sade (reference)

  • Successful Glamor Photography (reference)

  • The Glamor Game: Notre Dame Vs USC (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Glamor

Computer Images:
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Modern Translations: Glamor

Language Translations for "glamor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

gesag (authority, glamour, prestige). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

magji (bewitchment, black magic, cantrip, conjuration, enchantment, glamour, hex, incantation, magic, medicine, necromancy, pishogue, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry), magjepsoj (glamour), magjepsje (bewitchment, charm, diabolism, enchantment, fascination, glamour, mystique, rapture, ravishment, witchery), magjepsës (bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating, glamorous, glamour, glamourous, magic, magical, ravishing, witching), joshë (allure, appeal, bewitchment, charm, glamour, lure, pull, smell), efekt (effect, glamour, impact, kick). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فتنة سحر أو إغراء (fascination, glamour), ‏فتنة (appeal, attraction, disorder, glamour, seduction, spell, temptation, trial), ‏فتن (bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, enthral, enthrall, enthralling, entrance, fascinate, glamour, infatuate, love, magnetize, mesmerize, ravish, rejoice, seduce, smite, spellbind, tempt, thrill, witch), ‏سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchment, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamour, incantation, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, matinee, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, smite, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry, zest), ‏إغراء (allurement, appeal, bait, glamour, invitation, seduction, solicitation, temptation), ‏روعة (charm, glamour, magnificence, splendor, splendour, wonderment). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сексапил (charms, glamour, it, oomph, sex appeal), романтика (glamour, romance), чар (allure, allurement, attraction, bewitchment, charm, enticement, fascination, glamour, loveliness, lure, magic, magnetism, spell, wizardry), възвеличавам (aggrandize, glamorize, glamour, glamourize), вълшебство (glamour, magic, theurgy), очарование (allurement, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour), очаровам (bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, ecstasize, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, glamour, ravish, spellbind, take captive), омагьосвам (bedevil, bewitch, charm, enchant, glamour, hoodoo, spellbind, voodoo, witch), омайвам (charm, enchant, enthral, entrance, fascinate, glamour, infatuate), обаяние (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour, lure, magic), ефект (effect, effectiveness, glamour, punch, result, ring), блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), привлекателност (allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, congeniality, desirability, glamour, pizzazz, prettiness, relish, seduction, sightliness, solicitation), илюзия (deception, delusion, dream, fantasy, glamour, illusion, maya, phantasm, phantasy, phantom, vapor, vapour). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přitažlivost (attraction, glamour), pùvab (amenity, attraction, attractiveness, charm, comeliness, glamour, grace, gracefulness, pleasure, savor), osobní kouzlo (glamour, personal charm), oslnivá krása (glamour). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gezag (authority, glamour, prestige), prestige (glamour, prestige, standing), autoriteit (authority, glamour, prestige). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

prestiĝo (glamour, prestige). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فریبندگی (Charm, Glamour, Grace), زرق وبرق (Glamour, Luster, Razzledazzle, Splendor, Vitreous), طلسم (Abracadabra, Amulet, Charm, Glamour, Incantation, Juju, Ligature, Spell, Talisman), جادو (Glamour, Incantation, Magic, Spell, Talisman, Weird, Wizard), افسون 1, دلیری (Bravery, Chivalry, Courage, Glamour, Spartanism, Spunk). (various references)

   

French

  

séduire (glamour), séduction (glamour), fasciner, fascination, éclat (glare, glimmer, glimmering, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, glow). (various references)

   

German

  

glanz (brightness, brillance, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, finery, glamour, glance, glare, glaze, gleam, glints, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, luminosity, luminousness, luster, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, sheens, shine, shininess, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεγαλείο (glamour, glory, grandeur, majesty, splendor, splendour, splendours, sublime, sublimeness), μαγική απάτη (glamour), αίγλη (glamour, glare, prestige). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

קסם (allure, charm, divination, enchantment, fascination, glamour, magic, spell, witchcraft), זיו (brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendour), זו"ר (brightness, brilliance, flaring, glamour, incandescent, lustre, lustrous, magnificence, radiance, radiant, sheen, shine). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

varázslat (black art, charm, enchantment, glamour, hex, magic, medicine, sorcery, spell, witchcraft), ragyogás (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flame, glamour, glare, glitter, glossiness, glowing, irradiation, lucency, luster, lustre, Lustrum, magnificence, radiance, radiancy, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), fényesség (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flame, glamour, gloss, lucency, luminosity, radiance, sheen, shine, shininess), elbájol (captivate, charm, enrapture, glamour, to beguile, to captivate, to enchant, to enrapture, to entrance, to fascinate). (various references)

   

Italian

  

seduzione (allurement, enticement, glamour, seduction), prestigio (glamour, prestige), magia (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry), incanto (allurement, auction, charm, enchantment, glamour, incantation, magic, spell, witchery), incantesimo (charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamour, incantation, spell), fascino (allurement, charm, fascination, glamour, mystique, spell, witchery). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

色気 (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, desire, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sensuality, sex appeal, sexual passion), 幻惑 (bewitching, fascination). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いろけ (a shade of colour, charm, colouring, desire, interest in the opposite sex, poetry, romance, seductiveness, sensuality, sex appeal, sexual passion), '"わく (bewitching, blinding, dazzling, fascination). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amorglay

   

Portuguese

  

sedução (allurement, cajolery, charm, enticement, glamour, inveiglement, seduction, witchcraft, witchery), prestígio (glamour, halo, influence, prestige), importânciasocial (glamour, prestige), fascinar (alluring, becharm, bewitch, captivate, charm, entrance examination, fascinate, fascinating, glamour, lure, magnetize), fascinação (allure, attraction, charm, dazzle, fascination, glamour, spell, witchcraft), espada larga, encantar (allure, appeal, becharm, bewitch, charm, conjure, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, fascinated, fetch, flatter, glamour, lure, rapture), encantamento (Abracadabra, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamour, incantation, juju, magic, spell), deslumbramento (dazzle, fascinator, glamour), beleza (beauty, comeliness, fairness, glamour, grace, loveliness, niceness, prettiness), atração (allurement, appeal, attraction, glamour, grace, induct, invent, lodestone, pull). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vrajã (allurement, charm, enchantment, glamour, incantation, relish, spell, witchery), vrãji (allure, bedevil, bewitch, cast a glamour over, cast a spell upon, charm, enchant, enrapture, entrance, fascinate, glamour, lure, spell, spellbind), frumuseţe fermecãtoare (glamour), fascinaţie (fascination, glamour, spell), fascina (bewitch, charm, fascinate, glamour, magnetize, mesmerize), farmec (allurement, amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, delight, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, seduction, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery), atracţie (amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, enticement, fancy, fascination, glamour, grace, mind, pull, seduction), încânta (bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, delude, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, get over, glamour, gratify, imparadise, ravish, seduce, smite). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

эффектный (effective, glamorous, glamour, glamourous, showy, spectacular, viewy), чары (bewitchment, glamour, incantation, sorcery, witchery), очарование (allure, bewitchment, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour, loveliness), обаяние (bewitchment, charisma, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour), зачаровать (glamour). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

opčarati (glamour), čarobnost (glamour), čaroban (glamorous, glamour, glamourous, magic, magical, witching), čar (cantrip, glamour). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

glamour (glamour), oropel (glamour, tinsel, trumpery), encanto (charm, delight, glamour, joy, kaif, keif, kief, loveliness, lure, spell, sweetheart), encantar (attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, draw, enchant, entrance, glamour, incant, joy, love, ravish), atractivo (affinity, allure, allurement, alluring, appeal, appealing, attiring, attraction, attractive, attractiveness, catching, charm, chic, colorful, colourful, cool, delightful, engaging, fetching, gilt, glamorous, glamour, glamourous, good looking, inviting, kissable, likeable, lure, magnetic, neat, nice-looking, prepossessing, seduction, seductive, seductiveness, seemliness, seemly, sexy, taking, temptation, tempting, whatever, winsome). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

glamour (glamour), glamor (glamour), förtrollning (charm, enchantment, Faerie, faery, fascination, glamour, spell), charm (attraction, charm, glamour, sweetness). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ความมีเสน่ห์ (glamour). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

göz kamaştırıcılık (glamour), sihir (charm, conjuration, enchantment, fascination, glamour, incantation, magic, sorcery, sortilege, spell, witchery), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamour, grip, impinge, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, smite, spell, spellbind, sway, thrill, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head), cazibe (allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, charms, desirability, draw, drawing power, enchantment, enticement, fascination, feminene charms, gilt, glamour, gravitation, it, lure, magnetism, oomph, romance, seduction, witchery), büyülemek (allure, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, captivate, cast a spell on, catch up, charm, conjure, daze, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, enthral, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, glamorize, glamour, hypnotize, inthral, spell, spellbind, voodoo, witch), büyü (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour, hex, hoodoo, incantation, magic, maya, medicine, romance, sorcery, sortilege, spell, the black art, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), çekicilik (affinity, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, comeliness, desirability, fascination, gilt, glamour, it, oomph, pull, romance, seduction, sex appeal, sexiness, witchery). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

чарування (glamour), чарівність (appeal, appealingness, attraction, bewitchment, charisma, charm, fascination, glamour, loveliness, prettiness), чари (bewitchment, cantrip, charm, fascination, glamour, spell), зачаровувати (allure, beguile, bewitch, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, glamour, philter, philtre, spell), ефект (effect, glamour). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Glamor

Derivations

Words beginning with "glamor": glamorise, glamorised, glamorises, glamorising, glamorization, glamorizations, glamorize, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizers, glamorizes, glamorizing, glamorous, glamorously, glamorousness, glamorousnesses, glamors. (additional references)

Words ending with "glamor": beglamor. (additional references)

Words containing "glamor": beglamored, beglamoring, beglamors, deglamorization, deglamorizations, deglamorize, deglamorized, deglamorizes, deglamorizing, nonglamorous, overglamorize, overglamorized, overglamorizes, overglamorizing, ultraglamorous, unglamorized, unglamorous. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Glamor"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "glamor" (pronounced gla"mer)
5g l a" m erglamour.
4-l a" m erclamor, slammer.
3-a" m ercrammer, dammer, enamor, grammar, hammer, jammer, rammer, stammer.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Glamor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-l-m-o-r"

-1 letter: algor, argol, gloam, goral, largo, molar, moral.

-2 letters: gaol, glom, goal, gram, loam, marl, mola, mora, ogam, oral, roam.

-3 letters: ago, arm, gal, gam, gar, goa, gor, lag, lam, lar, log, mag, mar, moa, mog, mol, mor, oar, ora, rag, ram, rom.

-4 letters: ag, al, am, ar, go, la, lo, ma, mo, om, or.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-l-m-o-r"
 

+1 letter: glamors, glamour, glomera, gomeral.

 

+2 letters: algorism, beglamor, glamours, gomerals, hologram, kilogram, logogram, marigold.

 

+3 letters: algorisms, algorithm, angleworm, beglamors, beglamour, cladogram, clamoring, gladsomer, glamorise, glamorize, glamorous, glamoured, granuloma, holograms, kilograms, lagomorph, logarithm, lognormal, logograms, marigolds, rigmarole, scalogram.

 

+4 letters: acromegaly, algorithms, angleworms, beglamored, beglamours, camerlengo, carmagnole, cladograms, clamouring, geothermal, glamorised, glamorises, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizes, glamouring, glamourize, glamourous, glomerular, granulomas, lagomorphs, largemouth, lemongrass, logarithms, lymphogram, mineralogy, moralising, moralizing, organismal, paralogism, phlebogram, promulgate, rigamarole, rigmaroles, rosemaling, scalograms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Glamor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 6C 61 6D 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-..    .-    --    ---    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01101100 01100001 01101101 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#108 &#97 &#109 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 006C 0061 006D 006F 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

417867798184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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