as in charismatic
having an often mysterious or magical power to attract
a charming man who had no problem winning women's hearts
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as in seduction
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as in fascinating
to attract or delight as if by magic
a quaint seaside village that charms all who visit it
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as in possessing
to cast a spell on
in one version of the tale, it is a vengeful fairy who charms Sleeping Beauty so that she falls into a sleep for a hundred years
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Recent Examples of charming
Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Shop and dine at downtown's charming Old Market area.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Slowly, the feline warmed up to visitors, charming them with his gentle personality.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for charming
Adjective
Most ski resorts are located in incredibly scenic areas, surrounded by at least one sizable mountain and a charming town or two.
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There’s even a growing market for clunky-but-charming mini cathode-ray-style TVs — and boomboxes with streaming capability.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for charming
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Youthful, well-dressed, and charismatic, TBPN is making Silicon Valley wealth look fun again.—
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However, Venezuelans identify Machado, not González, as the winner, and the charismatic opposition leader has remained the voice of the campaign, pushing for international support and insisting her movement will replace Maduro.—
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Due to a positive audience response to the pairing, the writers retconned the scene as a seduction, rather than rape.—
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For years, Laura's rape was treated as a sort of seduction — until 1998 when Luke and Laura's son Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) finds out the dark history behind his parents' romance.—
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Wilentz, author of the 2010 book Dylan in America, wrote Volume 18‘s detailed, often fascinating 125-page liner notes that provides historical context for the expansive eight-CD set.—
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Dykstra, 62, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing narcotics and narcotic-related equipment but was not taken into custody, trooper Kody Nowicki told The Athletic.—
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Brown has a prior felony gun conviction in Contra Costa that bars him from possessing firearms, according to the criminal complaint.—
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North Texas is both everything that makes college football so irresistibly fun and appealing, while also serving as the worst example of the current model.—
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The brand is a regular on Oprah's Favorite Things lists, which only makes this deal more appealing.—
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And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.—
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The desperate wooing of Trumpworld figures has been evident with both men.—
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If that wasn't enchanting enough, they were then joined by their original Broadway counterparts, Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) and Idina Menzel (Elphaba).—
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Even the most incredulous of us listened to him describe the visions of fleeting stars that were enchanting enough to swoon the most beautiful people on this poor Earth.—
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The director’s vision, incarnated by Seyfried’s bewitching presence and voice, invokes the uncanny atmosphere of early Shakerism.—
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Grace’s playfully feral wantonness is funny and bewitching, but her schtick loses its luster for Jackson, who takes a job that keeps him away from home, leaving her with the baby.—
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“Charming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charming. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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