charm

[ chahrm ]

/ tʃɑrm /

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noun

a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty: charm of manner; the charm of a mountain lake.

a trait or feature imparting this power.

charms, attractiveness.

a trinket to be worn on a bracelet, necklace, etc.

something worn or carried on one's person for its supposed magical effect; amulet.

any action supposed to have magical power.

the chanting or recitation of a magic verse or formula.

a verse or formula credited with magical power.

Physics. a quantum number assigned the value +1 for one kind of quark, −1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks. Symbol: C Compare charmed quark.

verb (used with object)

to delight or please greatly by beauty, attractiveness, etc.; enchant: She charmed us with her grace.

to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force: to charm a bird from a tree.

to endow with or protect by supernatural powers.

to gain or influence through personal charm: He charmed a raise out of his boss.

verb (used without object)

to be fascinating or pleasing.

to use charms.

to act as a charm.

Origin of charm

1250–1300; Middle English charme, from Old French, from Latin carminem, accusative of carmen “song, magical formula,” from unattested canmen (by dissimilation), equivalent to can(ere) “to sing” + -men noun suffix

SYNONYMS FOR charm

1 attractiveness, allurement.

4 bauble.

5 talisman.

6 enchantment, spell.

8 spell.

10 fascinate, captivate, entrance, enrapture, ravish; allure, bewitch.

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OTHER WORDS FROM charm

charm·ed·ly

[chahr-mid-lee] /ˈtʃɑr mɪd li/, adverb charm·er, noun charm·less, adjective charm·less·ly, adverb

Words nearby charm

charlottenburg, charlottesville, charlottetown, charlton, charlyne, charm, charm offensive, charm quark, charm school, charm the pants off, charmed

Example sentences from the Web for charmer

Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.

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Ever the charmer, Hice just thinks they should get the permission of their husbands before they do much of anything.

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The Broad Street Inn, a six-room Victorian charmer, waits at the end of the route.

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Jones, ever the charmer, proceeds to slink behind the desk and begin fake-hammering away at the keyboard.

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Biden may be pugnacious, but one-on-one he can be quite the charmer.

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There are many men amongst us who, in Scripture phrase, refuse to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.

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He had imagined his charmer an angel, and found after all that she was but mortal like the rest of her sex, a poor, weak woman.

Tales of the Wonder Club |M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)
If you love somebody, my charmer, that is not a reason to shut yourself up.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy
The charmer takes his place in a courtyard, and the spectators gather round him at a safe distance.

From Pole to Pole |Sven Anders Hedin
To this place I had written, purely to amuse myself, before I was admitted to my charmer.

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British Dictionary definitions for charmer (1 of 3)

charmer

/ (ˈtʃɑːmə) /

noun

an attractive person

a person claiming or seeming to have magical powers

British Dictionary definitions for charmer (2 of 3)

charm ¹

/ (tʃɑːm) /

noun

the quality of pleasing, fascinating, or attracting people

a pleasing or attractive feature

a small object worn or kept for supposed magical powers of protection; amulet; talisman

a trinket worn on a bracelet

a magic spell; enchantment

a formula or action used in casting such a spell

physics an internal quantum number of certain elementary particles, used to explain some scattering experiments

like a charm perfectly; successfully

verb

to attract or fascinate; delight greatly

to cast a magic spell on

to protect, influence, or heal, supposedly by magic

(tr) to influence or obtain by personal charm he charmed them into believing him

Word Origin for charm

C13: from Old French charme, from Latin carmen song, incantation, from canere to sing

British Dictionary definitions for charmer (3 of 3)

charm ²

/ (tʃɑːm) /

noun

Southwest English dialect a loud noise, as of a number of people chattering or of birds singing

Word Origin for charm

C16: variant of chirm

Scientific definitions for charmer

charm

[ chärm ]

One of the flavors of quarks, contributing to the charm number-a quantum number-for hadrons.

A charmed particle is a particle that contains at least one charmed quark or charmed antiquark. The charmed quark was hypothesized to account for the longevity of the J/psi particle and to explain differences in the behavior of leptons and hadrons. See more at flavor.

Idioms and Phrases with charmer

charm

In addition to the idioms beginning with charm

charmed life
charm the pants off

also see:

(charm the) pants off
work like a charm

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