 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
charming
adjective
1: pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a
charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"
2: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to
supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs
that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical
spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"-
Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: {magic},
{magical}, {sorcerous}, {witching(a)}, {wizard(a)}, {wizardly}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charming \Charm"ing\, adjective
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting;
fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy. --Milton.
Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing;
alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable;
graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. --
{Charm"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Charm"ing*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charm \Charm\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Charmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Charming}.] [Cf. F. charmer. See {Charm}, noun]
1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]
Here we our slender pipes may safely charm.
--Spenser.
2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or
supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
No witchcraft charm thee! --Shak.
3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that
which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Music the fiercest grief can charm. --Pope.
4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to
enchant; to fascinate.
They, on their mirth and dance
Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. --Milton.
5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms,
or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
I, in my own woe charmed,
Could not find death. --Shak.
Syn: Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate;
bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "charming":
Circean, admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing,
appetizing, attracting, attractive, authoritative, beguiling,
bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressable,
catching, charismatic, coaxing, come-hither, consequential,
coquettish, cuddlesome, delightful, drawing, effective, effectual,
efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling,
enticing, entrancing, estimable, exciting, exotic, exquisite,
fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing,
hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory, important, influential,
interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, kissable, likable,
lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric,
momentous, mouth-watering, personable, persuasive, piquant, potent,
powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, provocative, provoquant,
ravishing, reputable, seducing, seductive, sensuous, seraphic,
siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive,
substantial, sweet, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling,
tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative,
voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome, witching
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