charmed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɑːmd/
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑɹmd/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)md
• Hyphenation: charmed

Adjective

charmed (comparative more charmed, superlative most charmed)

1. Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
2. Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.
   • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 218:

     ‘That animal has a charmed life,’ he said; ‘but you can say this only of brutes in this country. No man - you apprehend me? - no man here bears a charmed life.’

3. Impressed by the pleasantness of something.

   You are very gracious; I am charmed by your personality.

4. (physics) Of a particle: having nonzero charm.

Derived terms

• semi-charmed

Translations

under a magic spell — see also bewitched

• American Sign Language: 5@Thumb-PalmDown-5@SideChesthigh-PalmDown 5@Thumb-PalmDown-5@ContraSideChesthigh-PalmDown
• Bulgarian: омагьосан (bg) (omagjosan)
• Finnish: lumottu (fi)
• Greek: γοητευμένος (el) m (goïtevménos)
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• Russian: заколдо́ванный (ru) (zakoldóvannyj), околдо́ванный (ru) (okoldóvannyj), очаро́ванный (ru) (očaróvannyj)
• Spanish: encantado (es), hechizado (es)

impressed by the pleasantness of something

• Bulgarian: очарован (bg) (očarovan)
• Finnish: hurmaantunut
• Greek: γοητευμένος (el) m (goïtevménos)
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• Russian: очаро́ванный (ru) (očaróvannyj), впечатлённый (ru) (vpečatljónnyj)

having nonzero charm

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Verb

charmed

1. simple past and past participle of charm

Anagrams

• decharm, demarch, drachme, marched