English Explanatory Dictionary

charm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
  2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
  3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
  4. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
  5. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
  6. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
  7. An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
verb
  1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
  2. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
  3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
  4. To make music upon.
  5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
noun
  1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
  2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Pronunciation

chäm /tʃɑːm/ chärm /t͡ʃɑɹm/ En-us-charm.ogg

Word forms

charm charms charme charming charmed jarm

Etymology

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”).

Synonyms

incantation spell talisman amulet charm craft fetish juju lucky charm madstone mascot mojo periapt phylactery protection telesm token wanga cantrip chantment dwimmer enchantment hex magic magic spell makutu obeah pishogue rune spellword appeal attraction charisma dangle ornament flock delta decay DdeltaDtime delight enchant enamor entrance fetch bewitch ensorcel enspell

Antonyms

boredom dryness

Derived words

anticharm anti-charm quark becharm charmable charm bracelet charmer charmfest charmful charming charmless charmlet charmlike charm offensive charmonium charm pricing charm school charmstone charm the birds from the trees …out of… charm a bird off a branch charm up charmwork countercharm decharm discharm encharm exocharmic like a charm love charm lucky charm outcharm scharm scharm squark third time is the charm …'s the… …’s a… three times a charm uncharm watch charm

Translations

Catalan: encant Finnish: lumo German: Charm Japanese: チャーム Macedonian: шарм Russian: очарова́ние Spanish: encanto Ukrainian: чарі́вність
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