charmed
- adjective
- /tʃɑrmd/
- And with the therapist, again, often being charmed by the narcissistic person's intelligence, credentials, confidence, or just plain old charisma.
- a charmed life
- a charmed circle
So it calls us outside of ourselves to study and be charmed by another creature going about its business.
- So it calls us outside of ourselves to study and be charmed by another creature going about its business.
- And narcissists are challenging because they're often so charming that even the therapists are charmed.
- Because ultimately he wanted her to feel charmed by him and to know that he was fun to talk to as well.
- But I was, I was charmed to see on on the Tube a sign saying a little kindness goes a long way.
Examples
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Charmed days, Toni thought later, and she recalled this period with a poignancy that made it seem in memory to have lasted much longer than it had—the way mist will magnify a tiny island.
Fiction book (1997) -
Gwendolyn Goode lives a charmed life as the owner of an occult shop in downtown Salem, MA.
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Because ultimately he wanted her to feel charmed by him and to know that he was fun to talk to as well.
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Oh, charmed, welcome, and all that sort of thing, you know.
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But I think they probably would have been utterly charmed by her.
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So it calls us outside of ourselves to study and be charmed by another creature going about its business.
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So sharp was her perception of Will and each of the children that it seemed to her they sat within a charmed circle.
Fiction book (1992) -
They were celebrities, and they were rich, and their lives seemed elegant and charmed.
Fiction book (1998) -
She felt perfect, fluent, charmed.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children were completely charmed by the magician's tricks during the show.
Synonyms
Feeling very happy about something good
Under a magic spell or having a very pleasant, magical feeling
Very fascinated and unable to control your actions or feelings
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something
Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
Your attention is fixed as if under a spell
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
You feel charmed and full of wonder
Feeling great joy and deep interest
Full of great joy and wonder
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
Antonyms
Compounds
How Charmed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Charmed comes from the same root as charm, which began as an old word carmen meaning 'song' or 'magic words' used in spells. So, to be charmed is to feel delighted or enchanted, as if a small spell has been put on you.