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GLAMOUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

Synonyms:

glamor; glamour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("glamour" is a kind of...):

beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

glamour (cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something)

glamourise (make glamorous and attractive)

glamourous (having an air of allure, romance and excitement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bewitch; enchant; glamour; hex; jinx; witch

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "glamour" is one way to...):

becharm; charm (control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glamour"):

voodoo (bewitch by or as if by a voodoo)

spell (place under a spell)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

glamour (alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal))

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 Context examples: 

In the distance, detail was veiled and blurred by a purple haze, but behind this purple haze, he knew, was the glamour of the unknown, the lure of romance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)