charmed

[ chahrmd ]
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adjective
  1. marked by good fortune or privilege: a charmed life.

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

Origin of charmed

1
1250–1300; Middle English. See charm1, -ed2

Other words from charmed

  • un·charmed, adjective

Words Nearby charmed

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How to use charmed in a sentence

  • After all, plenty of folks would be amenable to, or perhaps even charmed by, the idea of an untraditional marriage.

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  • On rounding a point a few minutes after, he was again arrested by a scene which, while it charmed, amazed him.

    Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
  • She gave him his cup of tea, with the same gesture that had charmed Nigel on the day when he first visited her.

    Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
  • It all charmed him inexpressibly, so that he realised—yes, in a sense—the degradation of his twenty years' absorption in business.

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  • On May 13, in a speech which charmed the House, Mr. Townshend opened his plan for settling the colonial question.

  • The old Madame was charmed with Edna's visit, and showered all manner of delicate attentions upon her.

British Dictionary definitions for charmed

charmed

/ (tʃɑːmd) /


adjective
  1. delighted or fascinated: a charmed audience

  2. seemingly protected by a magic spell: he bears a charmed life

  1. physics possessing charm: a charmed quark

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