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Definition: Glamor |
GlamorNoun1. 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: GlamorSynonym: glamour (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
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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Movie/TV Titles | Dravidian Glamor (1934) | |
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| 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 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) 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) 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) opčarati (glamour), čarobnost (glamour), čaroban (glamorous, glamour, glamourous, magic, magical, witching), čar (cantrip, glamour). (various references) 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) glamour (glamour), glamor (glamour), förtrollning (charm, enchantment, Faerie, faery, fascination, glamour, spell), charm (attraction, charm, glamour, sweetness). (various references) ความมีเสน่ห์ (glamour). (various references) 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) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glamor" (pronounced gla"mer) |
| 5 | g l a" m er | glamour. |
| 4 | -l a" m er | clamor, slammer. |
| 3 | -a" m er | crammer, dammer, enamor, grammar, hammer, jammer, rammer, stammer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 6C 61 6D 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. .- -- --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101100 01100001 01101101 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G l a m o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 006C 0061 006D 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)417867798184 |
| 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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