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charmed

charmed

20 4.2
Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell
  • adjective
  • /tʃɑrmd/
translation icon : encantado
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Because ultimately he wanted her to feel charmed by him and to know that he was fun to talk to as well.

  • Oh, charmed, welcome, and all that sort of thing, you know.

  • But I think they probably would have been utterly charmed by her.

  • So it calls us outside of ourselves to study and be charmed by another creature going about its business.

  • 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

delighted
vscharmed
228 1.0

Feeling very happy about something good

is more about enchantment and spell like fascination than simple pleasure
enchanted
vscharmed
48 5.6

Under a magic spell or having a very pleasant, magical feeling

is more about natural delight rather than literal magical influence
under a spell
vscharmed
8 6.7

Very fascinated and unable to control your actions or feelings

is a feeling of pleasure and enchantment, not loss of control
spellbound
vscharmed
7 5.2

So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening

is more about delight and charm rather than only fixed attention
enthralled
vscharmed
3 6.9

Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away

is less about strong admiration and more about gentle delight
bewitched
vscharmed
1 7.4

Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something

is a general delighted feeling rather than actual magical attraction
ensorcelled
vscharmed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants

is about delight and fascination without real magical cause
entranced
vscharmed
1 5.8

Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away

is a milder delighted feeling rather than being unable to look away
hypnotized
vscharmed
  • US
1 5.3

Your attention is fixed as if under a spell

is more about warm delight than a trance like fixed attention
captivated
vscharmed
3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

is more about delight and enchantment than only strong interest
beguiled
vscharmed
7.7

You feel charmed and full of wonder

is a deeper more lasting feeling than brief attraction
enrapt
vscharmed
  • Literature
7.8

Feeling great joy and deep interest

is a milder feeling without the extreme absorption or joy
enraptured
vscharmed
  • Literature
7.2

Full of great joy and wonder

is a less extreme delight without being carried away
mesmerized
vscharmed
  • US
6.0

Unable to look away because something is very interesting

is more about feeling enchanted and delighted rather than attention fixation

Antonyms

14 4.0

Not thinking something is good or interesting

13 6.1

No longer believing something is good or special after seeing the truth

Compounds

charmed life
  • Informal
8 5.6

A life where a person seems very lucky and stays safe

How Charmed

spellbound
7 5.2
charmed
20 4.2
delighted
228 1.0

Surface Forms

charmed positive

Morphology

charmed = charm (transparent) = charm + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'charm' with the predictable meaning 'having been charmed' or 'enchanted'.

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.