Charming vs. Lovely — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Charming and Lovely
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Charming
Very pleasant or attractive
A charming country cottage
Lovely
Very beautiful or attractive
She looked lovely
Lovely views
Charming
Used as an ironic expression of displeasure or disapproval
‘I hate men.’ ‘Charming!’ he said
Lovely
An attractive woman or girl
A bevy of lovelies
Charming
Having the power or quality of pleasing or delighting
A charming cottage.
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Lovely
Beautiful especially in a pleasing or charming way.
Charming
Fascinating or delightful; very likeable
A charming young man.
Lovely
Enjoyable; delightful
Had a lovely weekend in the country.
Charming
Pleasant, charismatic.
Lovely
(Archaic) Inspiring love or affection.
Charming
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Lovely
(Obsolete) Full of love; loving.
Charming
Present participle of charm
Lovely
A beautiful person, especially a woman.
Charming
The casting of a magical charm.
Lovely
A lovely object.
Charming
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy.
Lovely
Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
The music box plays a lovely melody.
The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.
Charming
Pleasing or delighting;
Endowed with charming manners
A charming little cottage
A charming personality
Lovely
Very nice, wonderful.
It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
Charming
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
Wizard wands
Wizardly powers
Lovely
(obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
Lovely
(obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
Lovely
Worthy of praise.
Lovely
(informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
A calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
Lovely
Term of fond address.
Goodbye, my lovely.
Lovely
A lovely object.
Lovely
(informal) In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
Lovely
Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.
If I had such a tire, this face of mineWere full as lovely as is this of hers.
Lovely
Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
A most lovely gentlemanlike man.
Lovely
Loving; tender.
Many a lovely look on them he cast.
Lovely
Very pleasing; - applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
Indeed these fieldsAre lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.
Lovely
In a manner to please, or to excite love.
Lovely
A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
Lovely
Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
Lovely
Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
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