Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charmless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: charm-less
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unpleasant, unappealing, lacking charm

Example Sentences

"I met him in a crowded room / Where people go to drink away their gloom / He sat me down and so began / The story of a charmless man."

Etymology

Etymology tree English charm Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English charmless From charm + -less.

Inflected Forms

more charmless (comparative) most charmless (superlative)

Derived Forms

charmlessly charmlessness

Antonyms

charming

Questions

What does charmless mean?: unpleasant, unappealing, lacking charm
Where does charmless come from?: Etymology tree English charm Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English charmless From charm + -less.

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