charm

Plural: charms

Noun

• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
• a verbal formula believed to have magical force
  • "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
• something believed to bring good luck
• (physics) one of the six flavors of quark
• An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
• The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
• A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
• The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
• A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
• A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
• An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
• The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
• A flock, group (especially of finches).

Verb

Verb Forms: charmed, charming, charms

• To delight or attract someone irresistibly; to enchant.
• attract; cause to be enamored
• control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
• protect through supernatural powers or charms
• induce into action by using one's charm
  • "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
• To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
• To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
• To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
• To make music upon.
• To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Examples

• a charm against evil
• After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
• He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
• He had great personal charm.
• It works like a charm.
• She led a charmed life.
• She tried to CHARM her way to a win with elegant word placements, rather than brute force.
• She tried to win him over with her charms.
• She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.

Synonyms

appeal, appealingness, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, good luck charm, influence, magic spell, magical spell, spell, tempt, trance, DdeltaDtime, amulet, attraction, charisma, dangle, delight, delta decay, ensorcel, enspell, flock, incantation, ornament, talisman

Antonyms

boredom, dryness

Anagrams of charm