glamour
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Is glamour a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of glamour?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.Examples: "They often murmur to themselves, they speak To one another seldom, for their woe Broods maddening inwardly and scorns to wreak Itself abroad; and if at whiles it grow To frenzy which must rave, none heeds the clamour, Unless there waits some victim of like glamour, To rave in turn, who lends attentive show."uncountable
2. (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).Examples: "glamour magazines; a glamour model"uncountable
3. (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.Examples: "The idea of being a movie star has lost its glamour for me."; "“The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven’t been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamour’s off.”"; "Boys have not lost their love for adventure, and still have `itchy feet.' Many are seeking glamor jobs, want to be writers, detectives, seamen."uncountable
4. (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.countable
5. (slang, countable) A beautiful woman.Examples: "One of the Qantas staff, a glamour, made her way over to us."countableslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To enchant; to bewitch.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary