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 Word Forms

• uncharmed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of charmed¹

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

Example Sentences

He got his due in “A New Era” when he proved himself to be a skilled screenwriter and charmed Phyllis Baxter.

From Los Angeles Times

Immediately charmed, I asked how he knew, and he said he spoke fluent Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s hard to be charmed, hard to think of a movie as a delightful trifle, when you’re so conscious of how hard the filmmakers are working to make it charming.

From Salon

But as the plants started coming in and colorful native plants lined the sidewalks, their neighbors were charmed.

From Los Angeles Times

Her over-romanticized vision of life across the pond, fueled by love stories like “Sense and Sensibility” set in pastoral England, starts out more bedraggled than charmed.

From Los Angeles Times

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