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# glamorous

«glamorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **very attractive and exciting, often in a rich, stylish…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#m1)

2) A glamorous job or life seems exciting and special to other people, even if it is not always so in real life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x1)
- Being a pilot sounds glamorous, but it is hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x2)
- The party at the hotel was very glamorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x3)
- Cleaning out the rabbit hutch is not glamorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x4)
- Aunt Rosie looked glamorous with her red lipstick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x5)
- Hollywood is famous for glamorous film premieres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x6)
- Mum said a glamorous life on social media is often just a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/5/)
- [Before -ous, -our usually loses its u: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glamorous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glamorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.