Glamour

Definition: Glamour

Glamour

Noun

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

Verb

1. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.

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

Date "glamour" was first used: 1720. (references)

Synonyms: Glamour

Crosswords: Glamour

Spanish (glamor, glamour), Swedish (glamor, glamour).

But the lights, the glamour, these women, they'll let you down (Vacant Lot; writing credit: Paul Branton; Skee Skinner)

His glamour increases by leaps every minute (Jesus Christ Superstar; writing credit: Tim Rice)

You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink, (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua)

Golden Glamour (1955)

Glamour Girl (1948)

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)

Footlight Glamour (1943)

Glamour Girls of 1943 (1943)

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

Books

• The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Glamour (reference)

• Glamour - Italian Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Footlight Glamour (reference)

• Hollywood Glamour Girls (reference)

• Hollywood's Glamour Ladies (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Glamour & Grits (reference)

• Hardly Glamour (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Lord & Taylor, business in Eastchester. Glamour exterior I. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Civil Liberties

Nigeria

In June police arrested, detained, and charged with libel Nnamdi Onyeuma, editor of the weekly magazine Glamour Trends, in connection with a story alleging that President Obasanjo received a $1 million (115 million naira) allowance for each of his many foreign trips. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "glamour": cast a glamour over ♦ Glamour gift ♦ glamour girl ♦ Glamour might ♦ glamour stock. Additional references.

Beginning with "glamour": glamour-boy, glamour-oriented, glamour-pusses, glamour-stuffed.

Ending with "glamour": anti-glamour.

Afrikaans

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

Albanian

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

Arabic 

‏فتنة سحر أو إغراء (fascination, glamor), ‏فتنة (appeal, attraction, disorder, glamor, seduction, spell, temptation, trial), ‏فتن (bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, enthral, enthrall, enthralling, entrance, fascinate, glamor, 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, glamor, 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, glamor, invitation, seduction, solicitation, temptation), ‏روعة (charm, glamor, magnificence, splendor, splendour, wonderment). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сексапил (charms, glamor, it, oomph, sex appeal), романтика (glamor, romance), чар (allure, allurement, attraction, bewitchment, charm, enticement, fascination, glamor, loveliness, lure, magic, magnetism, spell, wizardry), възвеличавам (aggrandize, glamor, glamorize, glamourize), вълшебство (glamor, magic, theurgy), очарование (allurement, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor), очаровам (bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, ecstasize, enamor, enamour, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, glamor, ravish, spellbind, take captive), омагьосвам (bedevil, bewitch, charm, enchant, glamor, hoodoo, spellbind, voodoo, witch), омайвам (charm, enchant, enthral, entrance, fascinate, glamor, infatuate), обаяние (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, lure, magic), ефект (effect, effectiveness, glamor, punch, result, ring), блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, 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, glamor, pizzazz, prettiness, relish, seduction, sightliness, solicitation), илюзия (deception, delusion, dream, fantasy, glamor, illusion, maya, phantasm, phantasy, phantom, vapor, vapour). (various references)

Chinese 

魅力 (charm, fascination). (various references)

Czech

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

Danish

guldrandede papirer (blue chips, glamour stock), blue chips (blue chips, glamour stock). (various references)

Dutch

prestige (glamor, prestige), gezag (authority, glamor, prestige), autoriteit (authority, glamor, prestige). (various references)

Esperanto

prestiĝo (glamor, prestige). (various references)

Farsi 

فریبندگی (Charm, Glamor, Grace), زرق وبرق (Glamor, Luster, Razzledazzle, Splendor, Vitreous), طلسم (Abracadabra, Amulet, Charm, Glamor, Incantation, Juju, Ligature, Spell, Talisman), جادو (Glamor, Incantation, Magic, Spell, Talisman, Weird, Wizard), افسون 2 (Incantation, Juju, Spell), دلیری (Bravery, Chivalry, Courage, Glamor, Spartanism, Spunk). (various references)

Finnish

tenho (charm, enchantment, fascination). (various references)

French

gloire (glory), séduire (glamor), séduction (glamor), prestige, charmer, charme. (various references)

German

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

Greek 

αίγλη (glamor, glare, prestige). (various references)

Hebrew 

קסם (allure, charm, divination, enchantment, fascination, glamor, magic, spell, witchcraft), זוהר (brightness, brilliance, flaring, glamor, incandescent, lustre, lustrous, magnificence, radiance, radiant, sheen, shine). (various references)

Hungarian

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

Indonesian

daya tarik (affinity, gravity, traction). (various references)

Italian

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

Japanese Kanji 

魅力 (charm, fascination). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

こわく (enchantment, fascination, seduction), グラマー (glamour girl, grammar), みりょく (charm, fascination). (various references)

Korean 

매력 (Attractive). (various references)

Manx

drualtys (enchantment, fascination, magic). (various references)

Norwegian

glans (glory, gloss, lustre), fortryllelse (enchantment). (various references)

Pig Latin

amourglay.(various references)

Portuguese

sedução (allurement, cajolery, glamor, inveiglement, witchcraft, witchery), prestígio (glamor, prestige), importânciasocial (glamor, prestige), fascinar (alluring, becharm, bewitch, captivate, charm, entrance, fascinate, fascinating, glamor, lure, magnetize), fascinação (allure, attraction, charm, dazzle, fascination, glamor, spell, witchcraft), enfeitiçar (bewitch, enchant, enthral, enthrall, glamor, spell, voodoo), encantar (allure, appeal, becharm, bewitch, charm, conjure, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, fascinate, fetch, flatter, glamor, lure, rapture), encantamento (abracadabra, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, incantation, juju, magic, spell), deslumbramento (dazzle, fascination, glamor), beleza (beauty, comeliness, fairness, glamor, grace, loveliness, niceness, prettiness), atração (allurement, appeal, attraction, glamor, inveiglement, lodestar, pull). (various references)

Romanian

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

Russian 

очарование (allure, bewitchment, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, loveliness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

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

Spanish

glamour (glamor), oropel (glamor, tinsel, trumpery), encanto (charm, delight, glamor, joy, kaif, keif, kief, loveliness, lure, spell, sweetheart), encantar (attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, draw, enchant, entrance, glamor, 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, glamor, glamorous, 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

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

Thai

ความมีเสน่ห์ (glamor). (various references)

Turkish

göz kamaştırıcılık (glamor), sihir (charm, conjuration, enchantment, fascination, glamor, incantation, magic, sorcery, sortilege, spell, witchery), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, 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, glamor, 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, glamor, glamorize, hypnotize, inthral, spell, spellbind, voodoo, witch), büyü (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, 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, glamor, 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, glamor, it, oomph, pull, romance, seduction, sex appeal, sexiness, witchery). (various references)

Ukrainian

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

Vietnamese 

vẻ đẹp say đắm, vẻ đẹp huyền ảo làm ai say đắm, sức quyến rũ huyền bí, sức mê hoặc vẻ đẹp quyến rũ, bỏ bùa cho ai. (various references)

gramarye. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "glamour": glamoured, glamouring, glamourize, glamourized, glamourizes, glamourizing, glamourless, glamourous, glamours. (additional references)

Words ending with "glamour": beglamour. (additional references)

Words containing "glamour": beglamoured, beglamouring, beglamours. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Glamour" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clamour, Ghafoor, Gillmour, gilmours, glamer, glamore, glamours, glaner, glanour, glomer, Grabouw, gramour, Grasmoor, Lamour. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: glamor, morula, rugola.

-2 letters: algor, algum, almug, amour, argol, gloam, goral, gular, largo, larum, mogul, molar, moral, mural, rugal.

-3 letters: alum, arum, gaol, gaum, gaur, glom, glum, goal, gram, grum, guar, loam, lour, marl, maul, mola, mora, mura, ogam, oral, roam, ruga.

-4 letters: ago, amu, arm, gal, gam, gar, goa, gor, gul, gum, lag.

+1 letter: glamours.

+2 letters: beglamour, glamorous, glamoured, granuloma.

+3 letters: beglamours, clamouring, glamouring, glamourize, glamourous, glomerular, granulomas, largemouth, promulgate.

+4 letters: beglamoured, chaulmoogra, formulating, glamorously, glamourized, glamourizes, glamourless, granulomata, largemouths, pelargonium, promulgated, promulgates, promulgator, unglamorous.

+5 letters: beglamouring, chaulmoogras, glamourizing, nonglamorous, pelargoniums, promulgating, promulgation, promulgators, rampageously, rheumatology, umbrageously, unglamorized.