charming
- adjective
- /ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/
- Dare i say your charming young man has cast quite a spell on her.
- Charming Prince
- Charming Billy
- snake-charming
Examples
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In the fairy tale, the charming enchantment brought the garden to life at night.
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I left because... because I fell in love with a charming prince.
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I found it to be a charming place, and one of great beauty.
Blog text (24) -
Well, I have it on first hand account that this place is not only charming, it's enchanted.
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"Here's a charming tribal folktale I will share with you," he said to her children.
Academic text (2007) -
Once hadst thou wild dogs in thy cellar: but they changed at last into birds and charming songstresses.
Blog text (6) -
The magician performed a charming trick that left the audience in awe.
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The old story spoke of a charming spell that could transform a prince into a frog.
Synonyms
Having powers that people say come from witches or wizards
Having power to make impossible things happen, as in stories
Under a magic spell or having a very pleasant, magical feeling
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
Having a strange, magical feel that seems dark or mysterious
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
Having magical powers like a wizard
Having magic powers like those in stories
Related to magic, like a spell
Having strange magic that seems to affect people or places
Antonyms
Compounds
How Magical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Charming also keeps an older idea of charm as a small 'spell' or magic object, from when people used songs or words in rituals. That's why charming can also mean having supernatural power or being like a 'spell'.