Antonyms for charm

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : chahrm

Phonetic Transcription : tʃɑrm

Definition of charm

Origin : c.1300, "incantation, magic charm," from Old French charme (12c.) "magic charm, magic, spell; incantation, song, lamentation," from Latin carmen "song, verse, enchantment, religious formula," from canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)), with dissimilation of -n- to -r- before -m- in intermediate form *canmen (for a similar evolution, see Latin germen "germ," from *genmen). The notion is of chanting or reciting verses of magical power.
A yet stronger power than that of herb or stone lies in the spoken word, and all nations use it both for blessing and cursing. But these, to be effective, must be choice, well knit, rhythmic words (verba concepta), must have lilt and tune; hence all that is strong in the speech wielded by priest, physician, magician, is allied to the forms of poetry. [Jacob Grimm, "Teutonic Mythology" (transl. Stallybrass), 1883]
Sense of "pleasing quality" evolved 17c. Meaning "small trinket fastened to a watch-chain, etc." first recorded 1865. Quantum physics sense is from 1964. To work like a charm (figuratively) is recorded by 1824.

noun enchantment, allure
noun talisman
verb enchant

Example sentences :

The charm of the place does not lie so much in detail as in broad effects.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

The charm of it all, the deathless charm and the astounding veracity!
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

I knew—I begin to understand him so well—just how he felt the charm of everything.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

No other form of verse has, therefore, in so great a degree, the charm of freshness.
Extract from : « The Book of Old English Ballads » by George Wharton Edwards

The charm that held us to this rough place was the abundance of game.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Nothing can exceed the freshness and charm of our homeward walk.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

I wonder how he'd look without it, and if most of the charm would be gone?
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

But according to Letty he was something superhuman in poise and charm.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

With the clash of our spells, no charm can redress our fate.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Synonyms for charm

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