Synonyms of disarming

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adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in pacifying

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• re-equipping
• embattling

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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