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also glamourous
1
as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
the glamorous sights and scents of a Turkish market
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as in attractive
having an often mysterious or magical power to attract
glamorous Hollywood celebrities whose every move is breathlessly recorded by the media
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Recent Examples of glamorous
In its heydays in the 1980s and 90s, the restaurant was one of the city’s most glamorous, romantic places to dine before closing in 2011.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Few areas of London are quite as charmless as Leicester Square, a once glamorous West End location now best known for having a big M&M’s shop in it.
—airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
In addition to ice skating, he’s found joy in the less glamorous activity of snow shoveling.
—Lilly Milman, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
In the blink-and-miss-it reference, Haack reshared a photo that Larocca first posted on his own Stories featuring two drinks — seemingly his-and-hers cocktails — on a counter by a glamorous bar.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Few areas of London are quite as charmless as Leicester Square, a once glamorous West End location now best known for having a big M&M’s shop in it.
—airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
In addition to ice skating, he’s found joy in the less glamorous activity of snow shoveling.
—Lilly Milman, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
In the blink-and-miss-it reference, Haack reshared a photo that Larocca first posted on his own Stories featuring two drinks — seemingly his-and-hers cocktails — on a counter by a glamorous bar.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamorous
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The museum has partnered with Little Ray’s, one of the largest exotic animal rescue organizations in North America, to bring this exhibit to Chicago.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Its cocktails span the exotic and the oddball, including the Vienna Strudel, with mascarpone cheese, apple caviar and cinnamon raisins, and the Tokyo Drift, a blend of Japanese shochu, mezcal and vermouth crowned with lychee-wasabi air bubbles.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2025
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But, at present, even that does not look especially attractive.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Normally, this would be when a rom-com manufactures some reason why these two attractive people can’t be together, but Heart Eyes has the advantage of also being a horror story about a serial killer who’s decided to make Seattle their latest hunting ground for couples.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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This picturesque tourist destination, with its challenging geography and traffic issues, provides an ideal testing ground for the technology.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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She’s already hosted author signings, book clubs and mixers for Colorado romance writers and is fielding requests from boudoir photographers to use the picturesque building as a photo backdrop.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2025
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The entertainer's seductive dancing and risqué wardrobe earned criticism from Mexico's Legion of Decency, per the Academy, which led to fewer film roles in the late '50s.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The calendar featured a number of young women in seductive poses, some in bikinis.—
Natalie Venegas,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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The set includes 85 colorful pieces that are easy for toddler hands to pick up and place, including a car, number bricks, and characters.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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At the height of their popularity in the 1630s, a bona fide tulip mania swept through the country, and single bulbs of the most colorful species were worth more than their weight in gold.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
14 Feb. 2025
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Radner's shocking death from cancer at the age of just 42 in 1989 broke millions of hearts still touched by her sparkling and charismatic time on Saturday Night Live.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Co-starring with charismatic Mexican ballet dancer Isaac Hernández, Chastain is by turns desperate and icy in a conflicted love story that finds nerve-jangling ways to keep shifting the power balance.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Presented with an obstacle, like fans calling him soft or fellow rappers questioning his authorship and authenticity, Drake adapts, shifting into a more appealing shape.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps less appealing, but these chemicals define the flavors of Scotch whisky and represent just a few of the many types of organic carbon that are stored in peatlands.—
Toby Ann Halamka,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Feb. 2025
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Miller Beach is next door to Indiana Dunes National Park; it’s got a beach and a charming commercial district (Miller Pizza Co., Tiny’s Coffee Bar).—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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A treat here — whether a cappuccino, an Aperol spritz, or a post-dinner gelato — is made even more special by the charming outdoor tables beneath Pontremoli’s illuminated bell tower.—
Carissa & Dino Tozzi,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Glamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamorous. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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