glamorous

gla·mor·ous
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Australia, US, UK/ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/New Zealand/ˈɡlɛ.mə.ɹəs/

adjective

Having glamour; stylish, attractive.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveglamorous (comparative more glamorous, superlative most glamorous)

comparative more glamorous · superlative most glamorous

  1. Having glamour; stylish, attractive.

    I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.

    2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian
  2. Appealing, enticing.
    1 more example

    Thus it was not only in the doctrinal field that revisionism called into question the traditional belief in the revolutionary mission of the proletariat: the belief was challenged, perhaps more effectively still, by the success of revisionism as a social phenomenon, which robbed socialism of the glamorous prospect of a 'final battle' for universal liberation.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114
  3. archaicBeing associated with one or more glamours.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving an air of allure, romance and excitement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishglamor
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishglamorous

From glamor + -ous.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian очарователен, възхитителен
  • очарователен (očarovatelen)Having glamour; stylish
  • възхитителен (văzhititelen)Having glamour; stylish
Catalan glamurós
  • glamurósHaving glamour; stylish
Chinese Mandarin 魅力十足的
  • 魅力十足的 (mèilì shízú de)Having glamour; stylish
Dutch glamoureus, glamourachtig
  • glamoureusHaving glamour; stylish
  • glamourachtigHaving glamour; stylish
Finnish hohdokas, tyylikäs
  • hohdokasHaving glamour; stylish
  • tyylikäsHaving glamour; stylish
  • loistokasHaving glamour; stylish
French charmant, glamour
  • charmantHaving glamour; stylish
  • glamourHaving glamour; stylish
German glamourös, bezaubernd
  • glamourösHaving glamour; stylish
  • bezauberndHaving glamour; stylish
Norwegian Bokmål glamorøs
  • glamorøsHaving glamour; stylish
Polish elegancki
  • eleganckiHaving glamour; stylish
Portuguese glamouroso, glamuroso
  • glamourosoHaving glamour; stylish
  • glamurosoHaving glamour; stylish
Romanian fermecător
  • fermecătorHaving glamour; stylish
Russian обая́тельный, очарова́тельный
  • обая́тельный (obajátelʹnyj)Having glamour; stylish
  • очарова́тельный (očarovátelʹnyj)Having glamour; stylish
  • чару́ющий (čarújuščij)Having glamour; stylish
Spanish glamuroso, glamoroso
  • glamurosoHaving glamour; stylish
  • glamorosoHaving glamour; stylish
Swedish glamorös
  • glamorösHaving glamour; stylish
Tagalog kaakit-akit, kahali-halina
  • kaakit-akitHaving glamour; stylish
  • kahali-halinaHaving glamour; stylish
  • mapanggayumaHaving glamour; stylish
  • mapanghalinaHaving glamour; stylish
  • mapanlayumotHaving glamour; stylish
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APA

glamorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glamorous

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“glamorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glamorous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glamorous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glamorous.

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