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semi-charmed

/ˌsɛmiˈt͡ʃɑːmd//ˌsɛmiˈt͡ʃɑɹmd/

semi-charmed adjective: lucky and pleasant but with some problems.

Adjective

semi-charmed (not comparable)

  1. Lucky and pleasant but with some problems.
    • For the next two years, Jewish artisans and textile workers in the Bialystok ghetto lived a semi-charmed existence, protected by the Wehrmacht against SS demands they be annihilated.1979, Saul S. Friedman, Amcha: An Oral Testament of the Holocaust, Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 195
    • I want something else / To get me through this / Semi-charmed kind of life / I want something else / I'm not listening when you say / Good-bye1997 May 10, Stephan Jenkins, “Semi-Charmed Life”, in Third Eye Blind, performed by Third Eye Blind, Beverly Hills, Calif.: Elektra Entertainment Group, →OCLC

Examples of semi-charmed in a sentence

  • My life has followed the clichéd and semi-charmed life of a teenager growing up in a very nice American neighborhood.2006, Edward Fiske, Bruce Hammond, Fiske Real College Essays That Work, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 136:
  • At the time, I was living a semi-charmed life; the thirst, seek, and settle train that I was on nearly ruined me.2007, Rich Wagner, “A Semi-charmed Life”, in The Myth of Happiness: Discovering a Joy You Never Thought Possible, Grand Rapids, Mich....

Forms of semi-charmed

alternative formsemicharmed

Origin of semi-charmed

From semi- (prefix meaning ‘half; rather, somewhat’) + charmed.

Questions about semi-charmed

What does semi-charmed mean?
Semi-charmed means lucky and pleasant but with some problems.
How do you use semi-charmed in a sentence?
My life has followed the clichéd and semi-charmed life of a teenager growing up in a very nice American neighborhood.
What part of speech is semi-charmed?
Semi-charmed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce semi-charmed?
Semi-charmed is pronounced /ˌsɛmiˈt͡ʃɑːmd/ (UK).

Words near semi-charmed in the dictionary

  1. semi-boarding school
  2. semi-boarding schools
  3. semi-bounded
  4. semi-calque
  5. semi-calques
  6. semi-charmed
  7. semi-chub
  8. semi-chubs
  9. semi-circle
  10. semi-circles
  11. semi-circular

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