Meanings
comparative more disarming · superlative most disarming
- Charming; likely to put one at ease.
a disarming smile
1 more example
Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disarm
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of allaying hostility
nounact of reducing or depriving of arms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish afvæbnende
- afvæbnendecharming; likely to put one at one's ease
Dutch ontwapenend
- ontwapenendcharming; likely to put one at one's ease
German entwaffnend
- entwaffnendcharming; likely to put one at one's ease
Norwegian Bokmål avvæpnende
- avvæpnendecharming; likely to put one at one's ease
Cite this entry
disarming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarming
“disarming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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