Charming

Quick meaning: Charming is an adjective meaning Pleasant, charismatic.

Meaning

Pleasant, charismatic.

More Meanings

1. Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
2. present participle and gerund of charm
3. The casting of a magical charm.
4. (chiefly British, ironic) Used in response to behaviour or language considered offensive or uncouth.

Example Sentences

"What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."

The other murderer is sadistically hacked to pieces, while the proceedings are being videoed – and the DVD is sent to Nick's home so that his daughter can see it. Oh, charming.

They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.

Word Forms

• charminger
• charmingest
• charmest
• charmings

Synonyms for charming

Depending on context, synonyms include charismatic, smart, witty, taking, fetching, captivating.

Antonyms for charming

Common opposites include dull, charmless, silly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pleasing, witching, wizard, wizardly, magical, sorcerous.

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