'Glamour' definitions:
Definition of 'glamour'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Glamour'
From: GCIDE
- Glamour \Gla"mour\, n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl['a]meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl[=a]m-s[=y]ni weakness of sight, glamour; gl[=a]mr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s[=y]ni sight, akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. [1913 Webster]
- The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. [1913 Webster]
- Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. [1913 Webster]
- It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glamour'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agacerie,
- alchemy,
- allure,
- allurement,
- appeal,
- appealingness,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- aura,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- blandishment,
- blaze of glory,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- brilliancy,
- cajolery,
- cantrip,
- captivation,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- come-hither,
- curse,
- delightfulness,
- divination,
- enchantment,
- enravishment,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrancement,
- entrapment,
- envelope,
- evil eye,
- exorcism,
- exquisiteness,
- fascination,
- fetishism,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- gloriousness,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grace,
- gramarye,
- halo,
- heavenliness,
- hex,
- hoodoo,
- illustriousness,
- inducement,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- invitingness,
- jinx,
- juju,
- jujuism,
- loveliness,
- luster,
- luxury,
- magic,
- magic spell,
- magnetism,
- malocchio,
- mystique,
- natural magic,
- necromancy,
- nimbus,
- numinousness,
- obeah,
- radiance,
- ravishingness,
- resplendence,
- resplendency,
- rune,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- sensuousness,
- sex appeal,
- shamanism,
- snaring,
- sorcery,
- sortilege,
- spell,
- spellbinding,
- spellcasting,
- splendidness,
- splendor,
- splendorousness,
- splendrousness,
- sublimity,
- sympathetic magic,
- tantalization,
- tantalizingness,
- temptation,
- temptingness,
- thaumaturgia,
- thaumaturgics,
- thaumaturgism,
- thaumaturgy,
- theurgy,
- vampirism,
- voluptuousness,
- voodoo,
- voodooism,
- wanga,
- weird,
- whammy,
- white magic,
- winning ways,
- winningness,
- winsomeness,
- witchcraft,
- witchery,
- witchwork,
- wizardry,
- wooing