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disarming

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dis·arm·ing  (ds-ärmng)
adj.
Tending to allay suspicion or hostility; winning favor or confidence: a disarming smile.
dis·arming·ly adv.
disarming [dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ]
adj
tending to neutralize or counteract hostility, suspicion, etc.
disarmingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.disarming - act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"
disarmament
demobilisation, demobilization - act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
arming, equipping, armament - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
Adj.1.disarming - capable of allaying hostility
unprovocative, unprovoking - not provocative
disarming
adjective charming, winning, irresistible, persuasive, likable or likeable He approached with a disarming smile.
Translations
disarming [dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ] ADJ [smile] → que desarma, encantador; [modesty] → que desarma; [frankness] → apabullante
disarming [ˌdɪsˈɑːrmɪŋ] adj [smile] → désarmant(e); [honesty, charm] → désarmant(e)
disarming
adj → entwaffnend
disarming [dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ] adj (smile) → disarmante
disarming [dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ] adj (smile) → disarmante


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He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivete.
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He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste.
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Happily, he soon succeeded in disarming his adversary, whose knife fell on the rock at their feet; and from this moment it became a fierce struggle who should cast the other over the dizzy height into a neighboring cavern of the falls.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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