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Adjective charming has 2 senses
- charming - pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"
Antonym: displeasing (indirect, via pleasing)
- charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly - 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"
Antonym: natural (indirect, via supernatural)
Verb charm has 4 senses
- capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
--1 is one way to attract, appeal
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot charm Sue
The performance is likely to charm Sue
- charm, becharm - control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
--2 is one way to control, command
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- charm - protect through supernatural powers or charms
--3 is one way to protect
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- charm, influence, tempt - induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
--4 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They charm him into writing the letter
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