glamour

[Gla·mour]

Glamour is the quality of being fascinating, alluring, or charming If you've watched Marilyn Monroe on a movie screen, then you've witnessed glamour!

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A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

Noun
alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

Verb
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something


n.
A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

n.
Witchcraft; magic; a spell.

n.
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.

n.
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.


Glamour

Gla"mour , n. [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. gl'a0meggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. gl'bem-sni weakness of sight, glamour; gl'bemr name of the moon, also of a ghost + sni sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.] 1. A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are. 2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson. 3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley.
4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.
It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight.

A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

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Usage Examples

Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first time I tried on a L'Oreal Paris iconic lipstick - it was instant glamour and I've been hooked ever since.

I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour it's based on femininity.

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

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Other Usage Examples

It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef.'

It's my first presenting role so I'll be nervous, but it's going to be great fun. I can't wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour.

I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at home.

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

There is the glamour side of it, which allows you to meet great variety of people with whom you simply can have a good time, but there's also the sad side of it that drags you into a superficial and artificial world.

Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette.

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