glamorous

B2
US /ˈɡlɛ.mə.ɹəs/ UK /ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/
adj Freq #10396

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having an air of allure, romance and excitement

    glamorous movie stars

  2. 2
    adj

    Having glamour; stylish.

    I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.

  3. 3
    adj

    Being associated with one or more glamours.

Etymology

From glamor + -ous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having an air of allure,... glamourous
Word family
Derived forms glamazonglamorouslyglamorousnessglampglamperglampingglampsitenonglamoroussuperglamorousultraglamorousunglamorous

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