glamorous
or glam·our·ous
full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
full of excitement, adventure, and unusual activity: the glamorous job of a foreign correspondent.
Origin of glamorous
1Other words for glamorous
| 1 | captivating, beguiling, fascinating, alluring, bewitching |
Other words from glamorous
- glam·or·ous·ly, glam·our·ous·ly, adverb
- glam·or·ous·ness, glam·our·ous·ness, noun
- ul·tra·glam·or·ous, adjective
- un·glam·or·ous, adjective
- un·glam·or·ous·ly, adverb
- un·glam·or·ous·ness, noun
- un·glam·our·ous, adjective
- un·glam·our·ous·ly, adverb
- un·glam·our·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby glamorous
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How to use glamorous in a sentence
The worst-performing sectors of the S&P 500 have been energy, financial, and industrial, but glamorous companies can also be strong candidates for fraud if managers fear next quarter’s financial results won’t support the high-flying stock.
The pandemic may be the greatest environment for business fraud in decades | Geoffrey Colvin | November 12, 2020 | FortuneYou could, if you felt like making a glamorous dessert, use it in this Caramelized Blood Orange Tipsy Trifle.
Harness the bright sweetness of oranges in these 7 recipes | Kari Sonde | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s glamorous, prestigious and packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
How Washington’s power brokers are adapting to the New Normal — and that includes how they party and raise money | Roxanne Roberts | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostWhile we cannot gather in person this year, I wish you all a really fabulous Halloween and a glamorous rest of the year.
WATCH: 17th Street High Heel Race goes virtual | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | October 29, 2020 | Washington BladeYoung, glamorous candidates have typically fared better in general elections, but the votes don’t always break down according to age.
They either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was once the most glamorous hotel in town, but in 1964, hundreds of European hostages were held captive in its rooms.
Celebrities flocked to this glamorous and buzzy temple of literature and culture.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Not glamorous, but neither is Canadian media,” Steven Kerzner wrote in an email.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe put them in glamorous gowns, yes, but also encouraged them to buy trendier ready-to-wear labels off the rack.
How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion | Raquel Laneri | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA disgusting snip of a person had moved between him and those bitter but glamorous memories of Maria Algarez.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounTo Tiflin, as to the others, even such places were glamorous.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke GallunIt was part of the reeling, glamorous intoxication into which she cast him, to hear himself going on like a stump-speaker.
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy CanfieldWe have all heard, of course, of sport for sport's sake but Georges Carpentier established a still more glamorous ideal.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood BrounThe delicate, sinuous melodic line, the glamorous sheeny harmonies, are gone out of it.
Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
British Dictionary definitions for glamorous
glamourous
/ (ˈɡlæmərəs) /
possessing glamour; alluring and fascinating: a glamorous career
beautiful and smart, esp in a showy way: a glamorous woman
Derived forms of glamorous
- glamorously or glamourously, adverb
- glamorousness or glamourousness, noun
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