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My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!
Anne Baxter

Meaning of "glamour" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLAMOUR

Scottish variant of grammar (hence a magic spell, because occult practices were popularly associated with learning).
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLAMOUR

glamour  [ˈɡlæmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLAMOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glamour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLAMOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Glamour

Glamour may refer to: ▪ "Glamour", as in the Scots name for a malevolent shapeshifter, as in Stephen King's It. ▪ Glamour, an appearance of enhanced attractiveness ▪ Glamour photography, photography that emphasises the allure of the model ▪ Glamour, a magazine for women ▪ The Glamour, an album by The Comsat Angels ▪ The Glamour, a 1984 novel by the British SF writer Christopher Priest ▪ Glamor, a Marvel Comics character Film and TV ▪ Glamour, a British film ▪ Glamour, an American film ▪ Glamour, a French film ▪ Glamour, a Hungarian film ▪ A source of magic in the Changeling: The Dreaming fictional universe ▪ To "glamour", to shapeshift into a different human appearance, as in the TV series Charmed or the film Hellboy II: The Golden Army ▪ To "glamour", the ability of a vampire to charm a human into obeying and erasing human memory, as in the TV series True...

Definition of glamour in the English dictionary

The first definition of glamour in the dictionary is charm and allure; fascination. Other definition of glamour is fascinating or voluptuous beauty, often dependent on artifice. Glamour is also a magic spell; charm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLAMOUR


Alabama
ˌæləˈbæmə
beclamour
bɪˈklæmə
beglamour
bɪˈɡlæmə
clammer
ˈklæmə
clamour
ˈklæmə
damar
ˈdæmə
flimflammer
ˈflɪmˌflæmə
gamma
ˈɡæmə
glamor
ˈɡlæmə
grammar
ˈɡræmə
hammer
ˈhæmə
jammer
ˈdʒæmə
lamber
ˈlæmə
programmer
ˈprəʊɡræmə
rammer
ˈræmə
scammer
ˈskæmə
slammer
ˈslæmə
spammer
ˈspæmə
stammer
ˈstæmə
yammer
ˈjæmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLAMOUR

glamorisation
glamoriser
glamorization
glamorize
glamorizer
glamorous
glamorously
glamorousness
glamour boy
glamour girl
glamour model
glamourise
glamourize
glamourless
glamourous
glamourously
glamourousness
glamourpuss

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLAMOUR

affaire d´amour
affaires d´amour
amour
aqueous humour
armour
black humour
body armour
brain tumour
chink in one´s armour
enamour
humour
out of humour
paramour
plate armour
rumour
secondary tumour
sense of humour
Seymour
toilet humour
tumour

Synonyms and antonyms of glamour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLAMOUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glamour» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of glamour

Translation of «glamour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLAMOUR

Find out the translation of glamour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glamour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glamour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

魅力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

glamour
570 millions of speakers

English

glamour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्लैमर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гламур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glamour
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্দ্রজাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aspect glamour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Glamor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魅力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Glamor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

say mê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जादू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekicilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

glamour
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

glamour
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гламур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glamour
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αίγλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glamour
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glamour
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glamour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAMOUR»

The term «glamour» is very widely used and occupies the 6.436 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «glamour».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLAMOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glamour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glamour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glamour

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10 QUOTES WITH «GLAMOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glamour.
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Kathy Baker
I worry about my face not having expression. I've never been known for glamour, so it's probably easier for me than it is for someone who has been known for her incredible beauty and glamour. I always wanted to be Geraldine Page, who was just a fabulous actress with just a nice, normal, expressive face.
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Anne Baxter
My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!
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Mahesh Bhupathi
I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
4
Selma Blair
Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed.
5
Bill Blass
Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette.
6
Walter Brennan
I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face?
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John Carpenter
Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.
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Mickey Cohen
I started rooting - you know, sticking up joints - with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was - the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money.
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Erin Cummings
A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting.
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Kelly Cutrone
I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when women talk about things. I'm all about female empowerment. There's a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There's a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It's OK to get real.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLAMOUR»

Discover the use of glamour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glamour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Glamour: Making it Modern
Embracing design of every kind from every corner of the globe, this inspirational work looks at the defining notions of glamour, elements of home decoration, and homes where everything comes glamorously together.
Michael Lassell, Editors of Metropolitan Home, 2009
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The Dirty Side of Glamour
With more than 130 raw and revolutionary photographs, The Dirty Side of Glamour showcases Tyler Shields’s unrestrained creative spirit and offers a visual commentary on fame, excess, youth, the trappings of celebrity, and the power of ...
Tyler Shields, 2013
3
Gothic: Dark Glamour
As the text and lavish illustrations in this book suggest, gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency.
Valerie Steele, Jennifer Park, 2008
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The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion
The Power of Glamour is the very first book to explain what glamour really is—not just style or a personal quality but a phenomenon that reveals our inner lives and shapes our decisions, large and small.
Virginia Postrel, 2013
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Glamour: A History
Throughout, the book captures the excitement and sex appeal of glamour while exposing its mechanisms and exploring its sleazy and sometimes tragic underside.
Stephen Gundle, 2008
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Glamour: A World Problem
World Glamour, the sum total of human ignorance, fear and greed, can dissipate through the clear, inclusive thinking of those in whom the soul (Christ) principle is awakening. Glamour results from a negative emotional focus.
Alice Bailey, Djwhal Khul, 2012
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Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry
Putting ballroom dance in the larger contexts of culture and history, Glamour Addiction makes an important contribution to dance studies, while giving new and veteran enthusiasts a unique and unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes.
Juliet McMains, 2006
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Glamour
The empire is on the verge of collapse and the former friends are now embroiled in a bitter feud. So what went wrong? What has changed? And, in the final showdown between three powerful beauties, who will emerge as the queen of GLAMOUR?
Louise Bagshawe, 2008
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Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular ...
Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultural phenomenon. This book aims to understand the reasons for her spectacular success and visibility.
Eva Illouz, 2003
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Glamour: Women, History, Feminism
The book explores historical contexts in which glamour served as an expression of desire in women and an assertion of entitlement to the pleasures of affluence, finally arguing that glamour can't simply be dismissed as oppressive, or as ...
Carol Dyhouse, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLAMOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glamour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Serena Williams adds glamour to Wimbledon champions ball in …
Serena Williams attends the Wimbledon Champions Dinner at The Guildhall on July 12, 2015 in Open Gallery 5 Serena Williams attends the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Kate Winslet brings '50s glamour to Aussie film
But the talented fashion designer brings back a touch of 1950s glamour with her and manages to change the lives of many locals in the small ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Bollywood glamour comes to Cardiff as film producer promises …
Forget exotic locations in Bombay, it's some of Cardiff's most well-known locations which are set to form the backdrop to a forthcoming ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Glamour of Downton Abbey to go on show at South Yorkshire museum
9 July 2015......Christine McSweeney from Cosprop with the exhibits at the new exhibition of costumes from the ITV drama Downton Abbey ... «South Yorkshire Times, Jul 15»
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May We Introduce You to the Perfect Summer Dress
... to Greece sketching, and when I would arrive, my grandmother would look at my drawings and sew them into reality," Constas told Glamour. «Glamour, Jul 15»
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The True Glamour of Clarice Lispector
Catholic communicants are asked at Easter, “Do you renounce the glamour of evil, and refuse to be mastered by sin?” The question preserves ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
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Looking ace! Sienna Miller oozes Hollywood glamour as she leads …
It is a British event dedicated to tennis, but for fashion goers alike it was Sienna Miller who came up trumps in the sartorial stakes. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Exclusive: Cupcakes and Cashmere's Emily Schuman Reveals 10 …
Glamour: Walk us through the process that you went through to ... Glamour: Why did you pick BB Dakota as the brand to collaborate with? «Glamour, Jul 15»
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ISL Auction: Amid glitz and glamour, Indian footballers rake up …
ISL Auction: Amid glitz and glamour, Indian footballers rake up moolah! Updated on July 11, 2015 1:47 pm. ISL, ISL auctions, ISL auction, Indian Super League, ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Redesigned Christofle: Classic glamour with a modern twist
Known for its distinctive silverwork and tabletop pieces, the Parisian firm Christofle has established Studio Christofle on Melrose Place in Los ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

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