Synonyms of disarming

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adjective

dis-ˈär-miŋ 

1

as in adorable

having qualities that tend to make one loved

a thoroughly disarming little rascal who can talk his way out of any trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorable
• dear
• sweet
• beautiful
• loved
• charming
• precious
• lovely
• endearing
• lovable
• winning
• enchanting
• darling
• attractive
• winsome
• appealing
• delightful
• beloved
• desirable
• engaging
• cherished
• lovesome
• favored
• admirable
• fascinating
• alluring
• cheerful
• treasured
• favorite
• likable
• pleasant
• embraceable
• captivating
• entrancing
• kind
• gracious
• kissable
• friendly
• pleasing
• nice
• affable
• good-natured
• fetching
• genial
• agreeable
• cordial
• reputable
• respectable
• well-disposed
• good-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• offensive
• detestable
• odious
• loathsome
• hateful
• unpleasant
• abhorrent
• abominable
• disagreeable
• horrible
• grotesque
• disgusting
• distasteful
• wretched
• contemptible
• repulsive
• heinous
• nasty
• repugnant
• monstrous
• unloved
• unlovable
• hideous
• ugly
• repellent
• lousy
• frightful
• unattractive
• shocking
• awful
• vile
• appalling
• revolting
• obnoxious
• sickening
• dreadful
• unlikable
• scandalous
• unsightly
• obscene
• foul
• horrid
• ogreish
• horrendous
• ill-favored
• nauseating
• noisome

2

as in charming

likely or intended to win one's affection

there's a disarming lack of pretension about the girl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charming
• adorable
• ingratiating
• affecting
• winning
• endearing
• insinuating
• winsome
• touching
• likable
• lovable
• poignant
• servile
• deferential
• effusive
• obsequious
• flattering
• sycophantic
• saccharine
• soapy
• sugary
• oleaginous
• kowtowing
• adulatory
• drooling
• slobbering
• unctuous
• fulsome
• slavering
• groveling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alienating
• repulsive
• displeasing
• uningratiating
• repugnant
• unendearing
• disaffecting
• arrogant
• proud
• insolent
• haughty
• scornful
• disdainful

3

as in conciliatory

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility

the secretary's disarming smile made me forget why I was angry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conciliatory
• soothing
• peaceful
• comforting
• placatory
• calming
• appeasing
• benevolent
• kind
• conciliating
• gentle
• quieting
• mollifying
• pacific
• placating
• pacifying
• satisfying
• propitiatory
• relaxing
• peacemaking
• ingratiating
• kindly
• endearing
• winning
• peaceable
• passive
• tranquilizing
• obliging
• winsome
• amiable
• nonbelligerent
• unassertive
• good-natured
• surrendering
• unaggressive
• lulling
• affable
• yielding
• submissive
• amicable
• genial
• agreeable
• good-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• provoking
• provocative
• inflammatory
• aggravating
• irritating
• offensive
• annoying
• engaging
• exasperating
• abrasive
• frustrating
• maddening
• vexing
• irksome
• antagonizing
• infuriating
• nagging
• hostile
• galling
• antagonistic
• unfriendly
• nettling
• nettlesome
• riling
• military
• confrontational
• aggressive
• inhospitable
• inimical
• belligerent
• combative
• antipathetic
• assertive
• unsympathetic
• rankling
• pugnacious
• bellicose
• chafing
• warlike
• incensing
• truculent
• militant
• militaristic
• quarrelsome
• contentious
• argumentative
• martial
• scrappy
• agonistic

disarming

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verb

present participle of disarm

1

as in demilitarizing

to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of

the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demilitarizing
• demobilizing
• denuclearizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arming
• militarizing
• equipping
• mobilizing
• reequipping
• mechanizing
• weaponing
• embattling

2

as in appeasing

to lessen the anger or agitation of

her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeasing
• comforting
• calming
• soothing
• placating
• pacifying
• consoling
• conciliating
• mollifying
• pleasing
• propitiating
• satisfying
• assuaging
• ingratiating
• gentling
• quieting
• delighting
• tranquilizing
• gratifying
• contenting
• coaxing
• humoring
• flattering
• endearing (to)
• gladdening
• hushing
• cajoling
• satiating
• wheedling
• catering (to)
• indulging
• quenching
• spoiling
• mollycoddling
• overpraising
• pampering
• coddling
• sweet-talking
• babying
• sating
• sweetening
• adulating
• blandishing
• blarneying
• dulcifying
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• infuriating
• enraging
• angering
• inflaming
• antagonizing
• maddening
• aggravating
• crossing
• outraging
• irritating
• provoking
• incensing
• annoying
• exasperating
• getting
• bothering
• rousing
• riling
• burning (up)
• iring
• bugging
• vexing
• nettling
• grating
• ruffling
• roiling
• galling
• putting out
• chafing
• piquing
• rankling
• irking
• harassing
• persecuting
• disturbing
• pestering
• upsetting
• distressing
• harrying
• agitating
• perturbing
• unsettling
• discomforting
• worrying
• insulting
• unhinging
• offending
• peeving
• affronting
• fretting
• slighting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disarming

Adjective

This will be both disarming and believable, allowing your daughter to propose times that are both far off and inconvenient. — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022

Then check out the work of Danielle Perez, who delivers jokes about the heaviest of subjects with a breezy openness that’s totally disarming. — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2021

Garments can be gorgeous, disarming, and take your breath away. — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021

Verb

An early career launched without shortcuts, with small roles in TV series and B movies until his major success as the star of the series ER, formed an actor who is able to inhabit the screen with disarming spontaneity. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

There is a warmth and disarming openness to everyday American life that visitors speak about again and again—a generosity of spirit that seems increasingly rare in a world lived through screens and algorithms. — Divia Thani, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

As a result, Skywalkers hovers between a sense of constant performance and disarming immediacy — the latter generally during the many vertigo-inducing drone shots of Ivan and Angela’s hair-raising accomplishments. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Historic opportunity but key is disarming Hezbollah, evil terrorists who have killed Americans. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

Perhaps because she’s just better socialized than me, Olivia Rodrigo responds with disarming attention to my usual pre-interview small talk. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026

Though their numbers were small, now ex-fighters, like Carlos Andrés Torres, described disarming as a big step forward. — John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026

And rather than trying to be, in my view, kind of smart about how to build up a Lebanese government for the purpose of disarming and neutering Hezbollah, which is definitely in Israel’s interest, Israel has been engaged in this bombardment of Lebanon. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026

Even if this adaptation of an Andy Weir novel — about a science teacher who finds an unusual ally in a mission to save two worlds — at times leans a bit hard into sentiment, the movie’s natural sweetness is disarming. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026