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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With the glamorous catwalks, celebrities and excess of finery on display, the possibility of the recent investigations uncovering labour abuses being on anyone's mind appeared slim.
From Barron's
"You get to spend so much time together on this glamorous British regency show where you're not meant to be there, and we are, and that is such a beautiful thing."
From BBC
Heroic rescues are not as glamorous as people imagine, I thought as I squished along in the muck.
From Literature
I remembered how glamorous the entertainment business was when I was 11 and 12.
Stars like Clark Gable, Bette Davis and Shirley Temple also entertained families outside the theater through the popular fan magazines packed with glamorous portraits.
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