Meaning & use

glamourous

adjective·Everyday

Having an alluring, exciting quality associated with wealth, beauty, or a fashionable lifestyle.

See it in a sentence

The actress led a glamourous life full of premieres, parties, and photographers.

They imagined a glamourous vacation, but the trip turned out to be exhausting.

A note on using this word

Glamourous is a less common variant spelling; the standard spelling in most dictionaries is 'glamorous,' without the extra 'u.'

Words with a similar meaning

glamorousstylish

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Words with an opposite meaning

dull

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