CHARMED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈchärmd

Definition of charmed

as in enchanted

being or appearing to be under a magic spell you must be living a charmed life if you haven't caught the flu that's going around

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verb

past tense of charm

as in fascinated

to attract or delight as if by magic a quaint seaside village that charms all who visit it

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as in possessed

to cast a spell on in one version of the tale, it is a vengeful fairy who charms Sleeping Beauty so that she falls into a sleep for a hundred years

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blessed

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Recent Examples of charmed

Adjective

Mary Janes gives the same charmed effect as flats, only with more arch support. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 June 2026 Max is allowed to walk free, having been found not guilty at his rape trial, and appears to return to his charmed life. — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026

Verb

The museum is home to much of Picasso’s ceramic work—I was particularly charmed by a wall of plates—as well as paintings and sketches dedicated to Greek mythology. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Amani was born at the zoo in 1999 and, over the following years, charmed staffers and visitors alike with her calm and steady presence, according to the zoo. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for charmed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed

Adjective

Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay voice two teenagers, Prue and Curtis, who venture into an enchanted forest to rescue Prue’s baby brother in this dark fantasy.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Her quest takes her into the Impassable Wilderness — an enchanted forest just outside Portland.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

On a visit to the Bargello sculpture museum in Florence, Italy, a 3-year-old friend of mine was fascinated by its statues’ naked butts.

— Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
He’s always been obsessed with historic epochs like the Civil War and World War II and fascinated with the post-war boom and the sojourns of Route 66.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of fascinated

Verb

Eugene Horsch and an unidentified woman were arrested days prior to the search, and authorities said Horsch possessed a pair of guns and a fake DEA badge.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
If the state possessed information that complicated the explanation for why those changes were necessary, homeowners have a legitimate interest in seeing it.

— Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of possessed

Adjective

There is no answer to be found in this story, no magic pill, pleasingly round, to be halved or crushed, then swallowed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Season 1 follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of magic

Verb

Those would prove to be the final points the Jayhawks’ offense produced in a 35-24 loss to the Wildcats, a result that delighted the K-State faithful who had booed Edwards during the contest.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
And his fight against Black housing development in Newark’s North Ward delighted many of his neighbors.

— Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of delighted

Verb

Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed.

— David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Shunned by locals, who believe she is cursed, Eleni turns to ancient rituals to resurrect her dead offspring but instead summons malevolent folkloric creatures known as the Kalikantzari.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of cursed

Adjective

In 2026, the gemlike Brooklyn venue lent Kushner’s project a magical quality, turning the audience into ghosts from the future, eavesdropping on the fall of the Weimar Republic but unable to intervene.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
But the familiarity of the fantasy elements and the brusqueness with which they’re treated would be forgivable if Wildwood did a better job exploring how the real world connects to the magical side of the story.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of magical

Verb

But while Cartman and Ike are in Sephora, they get enticed into going into the backrooms with an employee, which look straight out of Kane Parsons’ horror film.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
During the mid-2000s, some tribal members, enticed by a chance at life-changing money, got involved in moving people and drugs, fueling cycles of arrest and incarceration that exacerbated challenges the community was already facing.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

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