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

Elwood’s conversations with CNN were peppered with alarming stories and punctuated by his broad, disarming laugh. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Members of the crowd immediately took Czolgosz down, disarming him and beating him so aggressively that police had to intervene to save his life. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

News of Parton’s death brought an outpouring of grief across the Bay Area, where fans remembered her landmark performances, disarming humor and rare ability to make millions of admirers feel personally connected to her. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Buy less, wear better, and repeat your favorite looks with disarming confidence. — Lenny Coynault, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2026

The show also depicts its hardships with disarming frankness, even verging on despondency. — Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Ba’s Book offers a disarming look at the intergenerational legacy of war. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026

Although the accord succeeded in disarming one of the region’s most influential insurgent groups, violence has persisted and in some areas escalated because the broader conditions driving conflict were left largely intact. — Dylan Spencer, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

So his using his influence to call for an unarmed and disarming peace can only lead to a call for getting rid of nuclear weapons. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026