glamorous
part of speech
adjective (glamorous, more glamorous, most glamorous)
meaning for a pupil
1) Glamorous means very attractive and exciting, often in a rich, stylish, showy way. tree →
2) A glamorous job or life seems exciting and special to other people, even if it is not always so in real life. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and everyday life, glamorous describes film stars, red-carpet events, fancy clothes and exciting places. It often tells the reader that something looks better from outside than it really is. Phrases: a glamorous life, a glamorous dress, not very glamorous (meaning ordinary or messy work).
examples
- The actress wore a glamorous gold dress. tree →
- Being a pilot sounds glamorous, but it is hard work. tree →
- The party at the hotel was very glamorous. tree →
- Cleaning out the rabbit hutch is not glamorous. tree →
- Aunt Rosie looked glamorous with her red lipstick. tree →
- Hollywood is famous for glamorous film premieres. tree →
- Mum said a glamorous life on social media is often just a show. tree →
note
Spelling trap: glamorous drops the «u» of glamour (UK) — it is glamorous in every country, never «glamourous» in careful writing. Comparative: more glamorous.
In the corpora
- When a word ends in -our, the u usually drops before -ous: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.
- Before -ous, -our usually loses its u: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «glamorous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.