charm
noun
[ tʃɑːm ]
• the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.
• "his charm has captivated the media"
Similar:
attractiveness,
beauty,
glamour,
prettiness,
loveliness,
appeal,
allure,
desirability,
seductiveness,
magnetism,
sexual magnetism,
animal magnetism,
charisma,
wiles,
blandishments,
enticement,
bonniness,
gorgeousness,
pulling power,
come-on,
comeliness,
pull,
draw,
drawing power,
attraction,
fascination,
captivation,
pleasingness,
delightfulness,
Opposite:
unattractiveness,
• a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet.
• "the trinkets were charms from his wife's bracelet"
• an object, act, or saying believed to have magic power.
• "the charm begins with ritual instructions"
Similar:
spell,
incantation,
conjuration,
rune,
magic formula,
magic word,
abracadabra,
jinx,
sorcery,
magic,
witchcraft,
wizardry,
mojo,
hex,
makutu,
talisman,
fetish,
amulet,
mascot,
totem,
idol,
juju,
periapt,
phylactery,
• a characteristic property of certain subatomic particles (specifically charm quarks, charm antiquarks, and hadrons containing these), expressed as a quantum number.
charm
verb
• delight greatly.
• "the books have charmed children the world over"
Similar:
delight,
please,
win,
win over,
appeal to,
attract,
captivate,
allure,
lure,
draw,
dazzle,
fascinate,
bewitch,
beguile,
enchant,
enthral,
enrapture,
enamour,
seduce,
ravish,
hypnotize,
mesmerize,
spellbind,
transfix,
rivet,
grip,
rapture,
• control or achieve by or as if by magic.
• "a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra"
charm
adjective
• denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. Charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’.
