glamorous

glam·or·ous

adj \ˈglam-rəs, ˈgla-mə-\

Definition of GLAMOROUS

: full of glamour : excitingly attractive <a glamorous actress> <a glamorous life>

— glam·or·ous·ly adverb

— glam·or·ous·ness noun

Variants of GLAMOROUS

glam·or·ous also glam·our·ous \ˈglam-rəs, ˈgla-mə-\

Examples of GLAMOROUS

1. She looked glamorous in her formal black gown.
2. She wore a glamorous black gown.
3. A private investigator's job isn't as glamorous as people think.

First Known Use of GLAMOROUS

1861

Related to GLAMOROUS

Synonyms: bizarro, fantastic (also fantastical), exotic (also glamourous), marvelous (or marvellous), outlandish, romantic, strange

Antonyms: familiar, nonexotic, nonglamorous, plain-Jane, unexotic, unglamorous, unromantic

Related Words: colorful, picture-book, picturesque, quaint; alien, foreign; dark, distant, faraway, remote; alluring, captivating, enchanting, fascinating, magical

Near Antonyms: boring, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome; abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, distasteful, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, invidious, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, shocking, sickening; drab, dreary, dull, flat, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous

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Rhymes with GLAMOROUS

amorous, clamorous