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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Seattle began its season with a polarizing quarterback hire and ugly 60-1 odds to make it to the glamorous final game.
Could it be desperate, unfortunate fans whose beloved teams are owned by inheritors, nepo families, or private equity bros who celebrate their glamorous assets?
From Los Angeles Times
Despite his glamorous brush with fame, Ellis has not given up the day job, he is still in the driver's seat on a London Underground train.
From BBC
Chronicling her glamorous lifestyle and being paid to promote high-end brands, she built the blog into a lucrative business, using it as a springboard to launch her own eponymous label.
From Barron's
During the golden age of commercial aviation, flights were the glamorous realm of the wealthy, who could afford the high price of the high life.
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