charmed

[ chahrmd ]

adjective

1. marked by good fortune or privilege:

   a charmed life.

2. Physics. (of a particle) having a nonzero value of charm.

charmed

/ tʃɑːmd /

adjective

1. delighted or fascinated

   a charmed audience

2. seemingly protected by a magic spell

   he bears a charmed life

3. physics possessing charm

   a charmed quark

Other Words From

• un·charmed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of charmed¹

1250–1300; Middle English. See charm ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Seemingly unable to catch live fish to eat, it charmed visitors by nudging at their cameras and even on one occasion returning a mobile phone.

From BBC

Interviewers who came to her home in rural Surrey were routinely charmed.

From BBC

In the way he spoke off-camera, It was easy to imagine how he charmed liberals at Yale Law School — and just as easily, how he could charm his way into veepstakes.

From Salon

While fellow panelist Cheryl Cole — the Girls Aloud member and future mother of Payne’s son, Bear — seemed charmed, Cowell was less certain about Payne’s solo star power.

From Los Angeles Times

Sleep is personal, and although I’ve generally been charmed by Alarmo, it has its shortcomings.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• captivated
• delighted
• mesmerized