charmless

English

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.

Adjective

charmless (comparative more charmless, superlative most charmless)

1. (of character) unpleasant, unappealing, lacking charm
   • 1996, “Charmless Man”, performed by Blur:

     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.

Antonyms

• charming

Derived terms

• charmlessly
• charmlessness