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charm English

Meaning charm meaning

What does charm mean?
Definitions in simple English

charm Noun

— A charm is an object that people think has a magical power. His old pencil was a charm for him. He always used it on tests. — If someone has charm, that means that they can easily make people like them. Everyone liked her for her charm. — A trinket usually worn on a bracelet. He gave her a charm for her charm bracelet. — A group or flock of finches.

charm Verb

— To charm someone is to amaze them or win them over. He charmed her with talk of all the money he had. — To charm something or someone means to use magic upon it. The witch tried to charm the princess with an old spell. The sorceror charmed the serpents and ordered them to do his bidding.

charm

— noun (= appeal) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates his smile was part of his appeal to her — verb (= capture, enamour, enamor) attract; cause to be enamored She captured all the men's hearts — noun something believed to bring good luck — noun (= spell) a verbal formula believed to have magical force he whispered a spell as he moved his hands inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese — noun (physics) one of the six flavors of quark — verb protect through supernatural powers or charms — verb induce into action by using one's charm She charmed him into giving her all his money — verb control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

Synonyms charm synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as charm?

charm English » English

amulet spell fascinate fascination enchant captivate bewitch beauty talisman attractiveness grace attraction fetish incantation enchantment allure appeal delight attract loveliness glamour magic lure beguile tempt mesmerize gracefulness glamor entrance enamour enamor becharm sorcery enrapture charisma seductiveness seduce please pleasantness influence draw charming captivation trance sweetness ravish mojo magic spell hex good luck charm

Topics charm topics

What do people use charm to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Sorcery
Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Attract
Social behavior Religion

Religious things

Conjugation charm conjugation

How do you conjugate charm?

charm · verb

Examples charm examples

How do I use charm in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Old trains have their charm.
Paris has a great charm for Japanese girls.
Does goodness charm more than beauty?
He had a certain charm.
Her charm is beyond description.
Her charm does not consist only in her beauty.
Black and white photos have a special charm.
Use your charm.
My frivolity is the secret to my charm.
Tom keeps a rabbit's foot as a good-luck charm.
It's part of her charm.
The buildings look pretty ragged now, but they still have charm.
Tom is charm personified.
Soccer star Lionel Messi reportedly wore a good luck charm during a World Cup game.
The charm of Kyoto consists of the beauty of its old temples.
The old cottage has a certain charm about it.
I like this picture, not because it is a masterpiece, but because it has charm.
She is not at all a beauty, but she has an unspeakable charm.
She radiates with charm.
She turned on her charm for everyone who was there.
It'll work like a charm.

Movie subtitles

It's just a little good-luck charm I carry around with me.
What good could that old charm have done him?
That amulet, the Egyptians believe, was a charm against evil sendings such as struck down your father.
With your good-luck charm?
What grandeur, what charm.
But believe me when I tell you, Captain. you're looking at a good luck charm of a lifetime.
You charm them all to pieces.
Slimane is a delightful good-luck charm.
What can a Saxon hedge-robber know of charm? Or ladies?
The boy has loads of charm, Father.
You could charm a bird off a tree if you would and why not?
Worked like a charm when I was a baby, and since then I've had so much practice that I'm terrific.
But what he needs is a bit of your charm. More personality.
Ladies never held any charm for me.
You always only speak about yourself who are good-looking and endowed with charm, and you forget me, the cripple.
She may have been anxious that once on her path of life she might encounter an event, some sensuously intoxicating charm to which she would surrender.
You have beauty, charm, money.
There are times when a man's brain cannot accomplish as much as a woman's charm.
Because you rebuff me always with such charm. that at the end of all our interviews I find myself always in a veritable glow. of disappointment.
Charm her back to civilization?
And the charm and glamour of your salon.
You're very beautiful, you have lots of charm and.
What can a Saxon hedge-robber know of charm?
Oh, it would be hard to resist a man of your natural charm and finesse, Mr. Brandon.
But it gives her a certain charm.
Charm.
HOW HE WOULD CHARM HIS WAY INTO THEIR LIVES, SUCK THEM DRY, AND THEN JUST DISAPPEAR.
SHE is a creature with a special brand of charm and a vulgarity all her own.
Your charm is only exceeded by your frankness.
All the charm of the Old World and the Old World plumbing.
My good luck charm.
This charm works wonders.
You're a lovely English lady of charm and sweetness.
Just turn on the charm.
ALL YOUR CHARM IS GONE IF YOU HAVE THE HEADACHE AND YOUR EYES ARE TIRED.

News and current affairs

ISTANBUL - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's charm offensive has stalled.
The most important element of China's charm offensive is its effort to improve relations with Japan, initiated at a meeting between Xi and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the recent APEC meeting in Beijing.
Yet the billions of dollars China is spending on its charm offensive have had only a limited return.
For its part, Europe needs to mount a charm offensive to persuade Putin and Medvedev that Russia's real interest is in improving bilateral relations.
Festinger argued that for any measure of success, whether wealth, ability, or merely personal charm, people tend to be most concerned about comparisons with others whom they see regularly and who are at a similar level of attainment.
But, full of elegance and charm, and treating social problems with good sense and energy, she has topped public opinion polls for over a year.
The other three have some charm and ability, but have offered nothing like a remedy to Japan's deep structural problems, mostly because they all have not adamantly tackled the problems.
ISTANBUL - Following Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's recent visit to the Gulf states, the Islamic Republic's charm offensive is set to continue with President Hassan Rouhani's trip to Turkey early next month.
It is also full of charm and moderation in terms of its climate, history, and culture.
Along with parties and parliaments, elections have lost their charm. Declining voter turnout tells the story.
With charm and unassuming clear-headedness, she wrought a compromise from the G8 countries that may help save the world from the most severe devastations caused by global warming.
At the convention, he seemingly hoped to summon the old Obama, to charm and soar, but that man was simply no longer available.
He has charm and - many say - charisma.
The charm of tragic literature is that we feel that its heroes could have escaped their Fate but do not because of weakness, or pride or blindness.
Song is a resourceful man who oozes charm. Guo soon becomes intoxicated by his air of can-do and success.
Little by little, Guo finds herself taken in by his charm and ability to get things done.
Complicating matters further is the need for Park to devise a viable response to a new diplomatic charm offensive by North Korea's usually charmless leader, Kim Jong-un.
A man of charm and humor in private life, he is relentlessly dour in public.
That is why Rouhani's charm offensive will not be enough to persuade Iran's adversaries that the Islamic Republic is ready to come in from the cold.
It has worked like a charm.
Clinton has reopened the doors for Obama in Asia with charm and confidence.
Humala is no novice politician rising to victory on charm and luck.
Along with parties and parliaments, elections have lost their charm.
The personal charm of the Dalai Lama, combined with the Himalayan air of superior spiritual wisdom, has promoted a caricature of a mystical, wise, and peace-loving people being crushed by a brutal empire.
Like so many others before and since, I was captivated from the first moment by Mandela's huge, luminescent smile, by his unending charm and grace, and by the lucid intelligence with which he discussed his country's transition problems.
To the rest of the world, those same qualities are part of his charm only so long as he stays safely up on the screen.
At a lower level, too, China has unleashed an impressive charm offensive.

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