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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Circean, admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressable, catching, charismatic, coaxing, come-hither, consequential, coquettish, cuddlesome, delightful, drawing, effective, effectual, efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, estimable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory, important, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, kissable, likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, momentous, mouth-watering, personable, persuasive, piquant, potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, reputable, seducing, seductive, sensuous, seraphic, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive, substantial, sweet, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome, witching
Dictionary Results for charming:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
charming
    adj 1: pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners";
           "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"
    2: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to
       supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs
       that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell";
       "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare;
       "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic,
       magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a),
       wizardly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Charming \Charm"ing\, a.
   Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting;
   fascinating; attractive.
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         How charming is divine philosophy.       --Milton.

   Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing;
        alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable;
        graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. --
        Charm"ing*ly, adv. -- Charm"ing*ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Charm \Charm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Charming.] [Cf. F. charmer. See Charm, n.]
   1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]
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            Here we our slender pipes may safely charm.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or
      supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
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            No witchcraft charm thee!             --Shak.
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   3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that
      which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
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            Music the fiercest grief can charm.   --Pope.
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   4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to
      enchant; to fascinate.
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            They, on their mirth and dance
            Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. --Milton.
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   5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms,
      or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
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            I, in my own woe charmed,
            Could not find death.                 --Shak.

   Syn: Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate;
        bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.
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