glamorous
Americanadjective
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full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- Synonyms:
- bewitching , alluring , fascinating , beguiling
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full of excitement, adventure, and unusual activity.
the glamorous job of a foreign correspondent.
adjective
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possessing glamour; alluring and fascinating
a glamorous career
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beautiful and smart, esp in a showy way
a glamorous woman
Other Word Forms
- glamorously adverb
- glamorousness noun
- glamourously adverb
- glamourousness noun
- ultraglamorous adjective
- unglamorous adjective
- unglamorously adverb
- unglamorousness noun
- unglamourous adjective
- unglamourously adverb
- unglamourousness noun
Etymology
Origin of glamorous
First recorded in 1935–40; glamor ( def. ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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It’s a glamorous picture of her grandparents on their honeymoon at a ski resort in Mussolini’s Italy in 1941, even as “war raged all over Europe.”
"It was exciting and that's why I really wanted to go, to see how it all was. Was it as glamorous as it looked? No!"
From BBC
In a world obsessed with speed, convenience and instant gratification, the ability to pause—to appreciate growth that isn’t glamorous or Instagram-ready—feels like a gift.
At the time, the distinguished art critic Hilton Kramer called him a “conundrum,” noting that “he has never really emerged as a very distinct—much less a glamorous or popular—figure.”
Goodwill, long known for its dingy thrift stores with dark, crammed aisles and overflowing bins, is getting more glamorous.
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