Learn English – the difference between “glamorous” and “mesmerizing”

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I looked up both "glamorous" and "mesmerizing", but I am still not sure which one is the better adjective to explain some beautiful eyes which are attractive and capture attention:

  • glamorous eyes …

  • mesmerizing eyes …

Best Answer

It depends on whether you want to focus on the fact they are beautiful, or attention-grabbing and hard to look away from. In the first case you might want glamorous, which once had connotations related to "magical" effects but now mostly means "the sort of appearance you expect from the rich and famous"; this tends to imply that things aren't entirely natural, however, and describing eyes as glamorous might cause some confusion in readers. They would possibly think you meant they were heavily made-up with mascara, eyeliner and eye shadow.

If the intent is that they grab attention and are hard to look away from, mesmerising is a good word choice. It suggests that one looking into the eyes tends to fall into a trance, but no-one would actually take that literally without something else pointing that way. It would usually be taken to mean that you find it hard to look away, that you feel as if you could fall into a trance looking into them.