Antonyms for glamour

Grammar : Noun

Spell : glam-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈglæm ər

Definition of glamour

Origin : 1720, Scottish, "magic, enchantment" (especially in phrase to cast the glamor), a variant of Scottish gramarye "magic, enchantment, spell," alteration of English grammar (q.v.) with a medieval sense of "any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning." Popularized by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sense of "magical beauty, alluring charm" first recorded 1840.

noun sophisticated style

Example sentences :

But—if indeed, you are dazzled by the glamour of a title—do not be too confident of his fealty.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But what did anything matter, if the glamour of the Nile was in our blood?
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Yet the fascinating possibility is like a taste for drink, or the glamour of cards.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

There is a mystery at the heart of the book that throws over it the glamour of romance.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

But the 'glamour' of the moon is not a mere poetic invention or a lover's fancy.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

You would destroy all glamour, and be the death of every principle.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

When the glamour of his personality is forgotten, what will be remembered?
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

This was the house in which he had first dreamed the dream by the glamour of which he had been led astray.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

When the work of the household was in hand she shook off the glamour of the new-found emotion.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

If we pursue the glamour of God, we find the exact opposite of all these things.
Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

Synonyms for glamour

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