Definition of chorum
1. charm [ n ] attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Examples:
"his smile was part of his appeal to her"
(The Providence Journal...)
As for the ladies , they were full of charm , and sincerity , and deep and abiding affection for this hurrying driving , honest , little man .
(High Fidelity, 11:10...)
The already faded pastel charms of the naive music itself vanish entirely in Fistoulari 's melodramatic contrasts between ultra vehement brute power and chilly , if suave , sentimentality .
(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
Yet nationalism has lost few of its charms for the historian , writer or man_in_the_street .
(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)
He had the same bullet_head of curly reddish hair but he did n't have Jim 's poker-faced humor or his brains or his charm .
(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)
Charming and peaceful - but what were charm and peace compared to high adventure ?
Synonyms appeal charm appealingness Related Terms attractiveness winsomeness siren_call capture2. charm [ v ] attract; cause to be enamored
Examples:
"She captured all the men's hearts"
(San Francisco Chronicle...)
Famed cellist Pablo_Casals took his instrument to the East_Room of the White_House yesterday and charmed the staff with a two-hour rehearsal .
(The New York Times...)
But , even if Mr._Sansom labors too hard to extract more refinements of meaning and feeling from his travel experiences than the limits of language allow , he still can charm and astound .
Synonyms capture captivate charm beguile bewitch becharm catch enamor fascinate trance entrance enchant enamour Related Terms attract hold work appeal enchantment fascination captivation charmer smoothie bewitchery captive catch3. charm [ n ] something believed to bring good luck
Used in print:(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)
More potent a charm to bring back that time_of_life than this record of a_few pictures and a_few remembered facts would be a catalogue of the minutiae which are of the very stuff of the mind , intrinsic , because they were known in_the_beginning not by the eye alone but by the hand that held them .
Synonyms charm good_luck_charm Related Terms object whatchamacallit juju amulet4. charm [ n ] a verbal formula believed to have magical force
Examples:
"he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"
"inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
Inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese , a dialect I take it you do n't comprehend .
Synonyms charm magic_spell spell Related Terms speech hex incantation5. charm [ v ] protect through supernatural powers or charms
Synonyms charm Related Terms protect spell6. charm [ v ] control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
Synonyms becharm charm Related Terms control hex spell7. charm [ v ] induce into action by using one's charm
Examples:
"She charmed him into giving her all his money"
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